Brentford are expecting to sell Ivan Toney this summer – manager Thomas Frank has revealed.
Toney was linked with a January move away from west London but Frank insisted no bids were received for the England striker.
The 27-year-old has recently returned to action after an eight-month ban for breaching Football Association gambling guidelines.
Frank had maintained throughout January that Toney, who made his England debut in 2023 and has hit 34 goals in 71 Premier League appearances, would stay put.
But now he seems to be bracing to lose one of his key men at the end of the season.
“It is relatively obvious that Ivan Toney will probably be sold this summer,” Frank told Danish magazine Tipsbladet.
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In their upcoming Premier League fixture at Goodison Park on Sunday, Everton will face Manchester United, marking their first match since receiving a significant 10-point deduction due to breaching the Premier League s Profit and Sustainability regulations.
The deduction has led Everton to fall into the relegation zone, while inconsistency may be the best word to describe United s form before the international break.
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The international break brought mixed emotions for Everton supporters. Following Sean Dyche s team securing their third win in four matches across all competitions in a thrilling five-goal encounter against Crystal Palace, the mood swiftly shifted. The club was hit with an unprecedented blow as they were …
Liverpool moved 16 points clear at the Premier League summit after Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah secured a deserved 2-0 victory over rivals Manchester United at Anfield.
Second-place Manchester City drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace on Saturday and Liverpool, who still possess a game in hand, took full advantage to tighten their grip at the top and boost their chances of a first league title since 1990.
United are the only team to take points off Jurgen Klopp s men this season and deployed a three-man defence – including Luke Shaw at centre-back – as they did when the teams drew 1-1 at Old Trafford in October.
But Liverpool took just 14 minutes to take the lead through Van Dijk and, despite an improvement from the visitors in the second half, Salah raced away …
Paris Saint-Germain have identified Luis Diaz of Liverpool as a potential replacement for Real Madrid-bound Kylian Mbappe, but according to Fabrizio Romano, no contact has been made between the two clubs on the matter. Furthermore, Liverpool have no intention of selling the Colombia international to anyone, seeing him as a crucial piece of their plans for the future beyond the Jurgen Klopp era, and he is not considered a primary target for PSG anyway.
Liverpool have not been approached by Paris Saint-Germain for Luis Díaz so far, no negotiations or talks taking place. not showing any desire or plan to sell Díaz, considered key top player.
PSG have different priorities and currently not working on Luis Díaz deal.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
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For Carlo Ancelotti, the lure of Real Madrid proved too good to turn down. Again.
A first full season in charge at Everton had resulted in a 10th-place finish in the Premier League, though there was no sign of the Italian doing anything other than planning for the future at Goodison Park during the close-season.
Then, however, Zinedine Zidane left Madrid and everything changed. In a flash, Ancelotti is now back in the Spanish capital six years after Los Blancos said thanks, but no thanks , ending a first stint in charge that spanned two eventful years and included a historic Champions League triumph.
What did Ancelotti do wrong? I don t know, club president Florentino Perez said when announcing Ancelotti s exit in 2015. The pair parted ways as work colleagues …
Taking a giant leap towards securing a top-six return, Chelsea claimed a 2-1 victory away at Brighton on Wednesday night.
Now on the cusp of booking a Europa League ticket, Mauricio Pochettino’s men opened the scoring just after the half hour mark as the record-breaking Cole Palmer notched a 22nd Premier League strike of the season.
Watching French international Christopher Nkunku come off the bench and calmly finish Male Gusto’s cutback 14 minutes after the restart, the Blues have now won all of their previous four appearances on the bounce.
Welcoming Bournemouth to west London for their final showdown of the season on Sunday afternoon, a single point will be enough to officially clinch their top-six spot.
Although Chelsea might have extended on the…
The 30-year-old shot-stopper proved his quality time and again throughout 2023/24, helping his team avoid the fight against relegation despite the deduction of eight points. The Toffees eventually finished 15th, 14 points ahead of Luton Town, the nearest team to end the campaign below the red line.
Meanwhile, Chelsea have parted ways with Mauricio Pochettino and are actively working on securing a new manager to take them into the upcoming season, even though Pochettino successfully led them to European qualification through a late surge of good form. They re also keen to sign a new goalkeeper, with apparently neither Robert Sanchez nor Djordje Petrovic considered good enough to stand between the posts at Stamford Bridge. Apart from Pickford, whose contract with Everton …
Eddie Howe has warned his Newcastle players that no-one is guaranteed a place in his team as he attempts to turn around an alarming slump in form.
Boxing Day’s humbling 3-1 home defeat by Nottingham Forest was the Magpies’ sixth in seven games in all competitions, a run during which their first Champions League adventure in two decades has drawn to a close and hopes of a second successive Carabao Cup final appearance have gone up in smoke.
Head coach Howe hopes to have more of his injured troops back to assist those who have been wearied by a schedule which brought 10 games in 30 days during December and he will have no qualms about shaking things up, with the January transfer window also just days away.
He said: “I’ll be prepared to make any change that …
Chelsea forward Timo Werner is confident he can rediscover his best form in front of goal after learning on the job during a tough first season in English football.
The 24-year-old has endured an underwhelming campaign since joining Chelsea from RB Leipzig in a deal worth a reported £53million last June.
Werner ended the longest goal drought of his career with a strike in the win over Newcastle United last month, but he has failed to score in Chelsea s subsequent three games.
He has netted 10 times in 35 appearances overall this term, half of those goals coming in the Premier League, compared to 34 goals in 45 outings in his final season for Leipzig.
Germany international Werner recently admitted to struggling with the demands of Premier League football…
Bayern Munich host Paris Saint-Germain in a repeat of last season s final and Porto meet Chelsea at a neutral venue in Wednesday s Champions League quarter-final first legs.
Bavarian giants Bayern beat PSG 1-0 to win the trophy last year and have remained unbeaten throughout this season s campaign.
But the reigning European champions are without injured star man Robert Lewandowski and do not have the best of records in this fixture.
Porto will be looking to build on their impressive win over Juventus in the last round when they take on Chelsea in what will be classed at their home leg at Sevilla s Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
The Portuguese side famously lifted the trophy in the 2003-04 season under Jose Mourinho, who was Chelsea boss the last time th…