LONDON: It is fair to say Ivan Toney's route to be regarded as one of the best striker's in English soccer has been a circuitous one around some of the country's least fashionable staging posts. At the age of 27, however, the former Newcastle United reject had finally proved those who doubted his talent wr
LONDON: It is fair to say Ivan Toney's route to be regarded as one of the best striker's in English soccer has been a circuitous one around some of the country's least fashionable staging posts.
Rather than his career moving to another level, potentially with a big-money move to a top-six club and becoming an England regular, Toney will not kick a competitive ball until next January - an eternity in the life of a goal-hungry footballer. Toney, who soccer statistics website values at 50 million pounds, may still return once he has served his suspension to be in the mix for England's Euro 2024 squad and the fact he will be free to train with his club in September despite still being banned will be a tonic.
He made his Football League debut at the age of 16 for his local club Northampton Town in 2012 - the youngest player ever to play for the Cobblers. After only two appearances he was loaned out to Barnsley, then Shrewsbury Town, Wigan Athletic and then Scunthorpe United. Toney proved the perfect fit, coming in to replace Ollie Watkins who Brentford had signed from Exeter City and sold on to Aston Villa for a huge profit.
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