Toney close to returning to the England squad for the first time in a year. cup1688

cup1688 Brentford striker Ivan Toney is expected to be named back to the England squad. As announced by manager Gareth Southgate on Thursday.

Southgate is about to announce the England squad. For warm-up games against Brazil and Belgium in March. Among the injury problems of many options And it is expected that there will be quite a few changes. cup1688

Sky Sports, a British media outlet, reports that Toney is one of the players expected to return to the England squad once again. After disappearing from view for a long time because of an 8 month ban for violating gambling rules. And just returned to play for Brentford again last January. ( cup1688 )

Previously, Toney had been called up by Southgate to the national team twice. And has only played in one game, the Euro 2024 qualifying game against Ukraine at Wembley on March 26, 2023.

In addition to Toney, Liverpool’s multi-positional defender Joe Gomez is expected to return to the England squad for the first time since October 2020 and Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland at goal. The last national team game must go back to September 2018.

According to Sky Sports’ predictions, it is not expected that Ruben Loftus-Cheek, a midfielder who is in good form with AC Milan, will be recalled by Southgate to the national team, like Ross Barkley. The midfielder is doing a great job with Luton Town.