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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Ivan Toney exclusive interview: 'Hungry' to return and 'repaying' Brentford

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports News, Sports, News, Soccer

4.0760 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As he prepares to return from an eight month ban for breaching gambing rules, Brentford striker Ivan Toney sits down with Darren Lewis to discuss his time away from the game.

Toney describes how he avoided watching football for a period of time, what he has done to keep himself in shape and how he wants to repay his club by helping them stave off relegation from the Premier League.

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0:00.0

Ivan Tony, hello again. First of all, how are you?

0:05.0

Yeah, I'm good. We're getting closer and closer, so I'm good at feeling ready.

0:11.0

Yeah. When do you expect to be back because the ban is over on January 17th and the first game after that is Nottingham Forest at home?

0:20.0

Do you expect to be available

0:22.2

for that one on the bench? Um, I hope so. I hope I'm available ready to fit straight in,

0:30.6

but obviously, except to the manager, manager's got a decision to make. So I guess I've got to be ready and fit

0:38.5

and hopefully you picks me.

0:41.0

What would be the word that describes your mood at the moment?

0:46.3

Hungry.

0:47.3

Hungry and excited, I feel.

0:50.1

Because obviously being out for so long,

0:53.2

especially when it's on injury.

0:59.2

It's kind of like knowing you're able to play, but not being able to play kind of thing. So it's just more hungry to want to get back on the pitch and do what I enjoy doing.

1:08.1

Fans have been really supportive from the club.

1:12.6

Can you give us an insight kind of thing they've been to say?

1:15.6

Yeah, everyone has been supportive.

1:17.6

I feel like, especially the club was right behind me from the first bit.

1:21.6

And the fans behind me as well, which was a massive party when I'm not at games.

1:26.6

They're just singing one name and I'll get

1:29.4

loads of messages on social media, these kind of things.

1:31.8

But, yeah,

1:33.5

as a whole way, Woody knows, Brent is a family club.

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