Why was Ivan Toney banned?

IVAN TONEY was hit with a huge eight-month football ban - but the suspension has officially ended!

The ban also included international games which has made Toney's chances of playing for England at the Euros this summer really slim.

Toney enjoyed another successful season for Bees in 2022/23, scoring 20 Premier League goals despite the threat of a long ban looming over him.

And now that he is free to play, the striker will be determined to rescue Brentford as they fight for safety.

Why was Ivan Toney banned?

Ivan Toney was been banned for eight months for breaching football betting rules.

Toney pleaded guilty to many of the 262 gambling charges issued by the FA last year, but denied others.

The ban has now started and includes the summer months so Toney is out until January, 2024.

The suspension also included England call-ups so he was banned from international football.

Toney made his England debut on March 26, 2023 in a 2-0 win against Ukraine.

An FA statement read: "Ivan Toney has been suspended from all football and football-related activity with immediate effect for eight months, which runs up to and including 16 January 2024, fined £50,000 and warned as to his future conduct for breaches of The FA’s Betting Rules.

"The Brentford FC forward was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021. The FA subsequently withdrew 30 of these breaches and he admitted to the remaining 232."