England want ‘finest on the earth’ Ivan Toney to win penalty shootouts

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has backed star striker Ivan Toney to be a part of England’s World Cup squad this winter, noting that merely his penalty-taking document is simply too laborious to disregard.

Toney scored his second Premier League hat-trick within the Bees’ 5-2 win over Leeds United on Saturday. The 26-year-old opened the scoring from the spot earlier than discovering the highest nook with an outrageous free-kick, and later secured his treble after rounding Illan Meslier and chipping over a number of retreating defenders.

Brentford’s quantity 17 has now scored all 18 of his penalties for the Bees, and Frank – who’s often supportive of his gamers however insistent on not selecting Gareth Southgate’s squad for him – has now publicly asserted that Toney ought to get a Three Lions call-up.

“I’ve mentioned many instances he’s one of the best penalty taker on the earth and hopefully I received’t get bored [of] saying it,” Frank mentioned.

“England have been in a couple of penalty shootouts and in the event that they need to win one, they should decide Ivan.”

Along with his penalty-taking, Toney has gained a status as one of many Premier League’s hardest strikers to play in opposition to.

Throughout Brentford’s first month again within the high flight final season, he made life extremely robust for Ben White and Virgil van Dijk, and he is continued to show a nuisance to opposition backlines.

“It’s a nightmare to play in opposition to him,” Frank replied when requested to recall the method of signing Toney from Peterborough in 2020.

“I mentioned, ‘Ivan, what are you doubtful of? Together with your high quality and the way in which we play, and you’ll rating a minimal 25 objectives so both we go up and everyone seems to be joyful, or we are going to promote you’. Lastly he discovered that was one of the best resolution and it’s since been a really, very joyful marriage.”