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Thomas Frank has insisted Ivan Toney accepted the decision to leave him out of Brentford’s opening game of the season against Crystal Palace after revealing “there’s a lot of transfer interest” in the England striker.
Toney has entered the final year of his contract and made no secret of his desire to leave Brentford, with Arsenal, Chelsea and the Saudi Pro League side al-Ahli having all been linked with him this summer. But while Frank admitted that a move is “not close”, he explained that the decision to omit Toney from his matchday squad for the opening game of the season had been taken by him and the club on Thursday.