Brentford predict to promote Ivan Toney this summer season – supervisor Thomas Frank has revealed.
Toney was linked with a January transfer away from west London however Frank insisted no bids had been obtained for the England striker.
The 27-year-old has lately returned to motion after an eight-month ban for breaching Soccer Affiliation playing pointers.
Frank had maintained all through January that Toney, who made his England debut in 2023 and has hit 34 targets in 71 Premier League appearances, would keep put.
However now he appears to be bracing to lose certainly one of his key males on the finish of the season.
“It’s comparatively apparent that Ivan Toney will most likely be offered this summer season,” Frank informed Danish journal Tipsbladet.
“It may be ‘costly’ to promote your finest participant, however conversely I additionally know that this summer season he solely has one yr left on his contract with us.
“We additionally know what he’s value. I don’t suppose there are various strikers on this planet who’re higher than him proper now.”
Requested on switch deadline day whether or not maintaining Toney in January proved Brentford have grown as a membership, Frank mentioned: “I feel with any participant we’ve got a contract usually so on the finish of the day we determine in the event that they go away or not.
“In fact cash talks and we additionally know that we’re a ‘promoting’ membership as you could possibly name it – we all know that’s a part of the technique.”
Frank doubled down on that outlook in his Tipsbladet interview, including: “I would favor to maintain Toney however in the future it could possibly be enjoyable to see him in a high crew.
“This winter, we really had no bids for him, however it will shock me if there aren’t a number of golf equipment involved in him.”
In the meantime, Brentford additionally confirmed Josh Dasilva has suffered one other severe harm setback.
The 25-year-old has struggled with various points in latest seasons and can now return below the knife.
Josh Dasilva is to endure surgical procedure on a major knee harm
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“Sadly, Josh suffered an harm in coaching over the weekend, whereas making ready for the Man Metropolis sport,” head of medical Neil Greig informed the membership’s official web site.
“Subsequent imaging has proven a major harm to ligaments in his proper knee, which would require surgical procedure to restore.
“He’s beforehand proven an excellent perspective to adversity and harm restoration, and we’ve got absolute confidence in his functionality to totally restoration from this setback.”
