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– Brentford striker Ivan Toney has been charged by the Football Association with a further 30 alleged breaches of betting rules.
The FA have informed Brentford that Ivan Toney has been charged in relation to additional 30 breaches of FA betting rules, taking the total to 262 breaches. 🚨 #BrentfordFC
“Ivan has until Wednesday 4 January 2023 to provide a response”, statement reports. pic.twitter.com/u61p7f6X0V
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 20, 2022
– Last month he was charged with 232 alleged breaches of betting rules.
– Toney, 26, has scored 10 Premier League goals this season but missed out on a place in the England World Cup squad.
– Brentford previously said: “The club has been in discussion with Ivan and his legal representatives. Those conversations will continue privately.”
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– The club’s statement continued: “We will make no further comment until the matter has been completed.”
– Toney has until Wednesday, 4 January to respond to the new FA misconduct charges, involving alleged breaches of FA rule E8, which bans players from betting on games, or sharing privileged information for the purposes of betting.
– He faces a lengthy ban if they are proven. England defender Kieran Trippier was banned for 10 weeks by the FA in December 2020 for giving out information for others to bet on his transfer from Tottenham to Atletico Madrid.
– In 2017, Joey Barton – then a Burnley player – was banned for 18 months, reduced to 13 on appeal, after he admitted placing 1,260 football-related bets over a 10-year period.
– Toney said earlier this month, after the allegations were first reported, that he was “assisting the Football Association with their enquiries”.
