The FA revealed in a statement that the player had been fined £50,000 along with the ban, which will begin with “immediate effect.”
The 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.
“His sanctions were subsequently imposed by an independent Regulatory Commission following a personal hearing. He is permitted to return to training only with his club for the final four months of his suspension starting from 17 September 2023.
“The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons for these sanctions will be published in due course, and The FA will wait to review them before commenting further.”
The club issued a statement in response to Toney’s lengthy ban, saying they will be reviewing the written-reasons for the FA’s action before taking further steps.
Brentford’s statement read: “Brentford FC notes the decision of an independent Regulatory Commission to issue an eight-month ban from all football and football-related activity to Ivan Toney with immediate effect.
“Brentford FC is currently awaiting the publication of the written reasons of the Independent Regulatory Commission. We will review them before considering our next steps.”
Toney has had a fantastic season on the pitch with Brentford and earned himself a call-up to the national side in March.
He has scored 20 goals this season and is the third-highest scorer in the Premier League, behind Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.
