Football news: Brentford striker Ivan Toney finally receives his first call-up to the national team after his consistent performance over the last few years.
A Northampton Town youth product, Toney became the youngest player to represent them in 2012. Toney played three seasons for Northampton and scored twelve goals in sixty appearances. He later joined Newcastle United. However, Toney failed to impress in a Magpies shirt and went on to have multiple loan spells with Barnsley, Shrewsbury Town, Scunthorpe United and Wigan Athletic.
He eventually joined Peterborough United in 2018 and in his second season with the club, Toney finally began to blossom. Toney became League One’s top goalscorer in the 2019-20 season and later joined Championship club Brentford. In his first season with Brentford, he scored a staggering 31 goals as Brentford sealed promotion to the Premier League.
Toney also continued his brilliant form in the English Premier League and put up big numbers in the English top tier as Brentford impressed everyone with his interesting brand of football.
Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been named in the 28-man Three Lions squad by Gareth Southgate for the upcoming Nations League match.
After a strong last season, Toney has continued his rich form and has already scored five goals in the first six Premier League games.
Meanwhile, the England team was struggling with injuries when Manchester United striker Marcus Rahsford became the latest addition to the roster. Rashfford, 24, was injured in United’s 3-1 win over Arsenal. Rashford has been ruled out of United’s Europa League tie against Sheriff Tiraspol.
With Rashford out due to injury, there weren’t many options that could give Harry Kane competition in the National Team. Therefore, Southgate decided to give the Brentford forward a chance before the world cup in Qatar.
As well as Rashford, another United striker, Jadon Sancho, has also missed the cut. Meanwhile, West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen is part of the squad. The West Ham player will now have another chance to impress the English coach.
Despite playing very little, the Manchester United duo of Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw are on Southgate’s list
England will now face Italy and Germany in their next two Nations League games, which will serve as a dress rehearsal ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar 2022.
