Brentford striker Ivan Toney has acknowledged breaking Soccer Affiliation betting guidelines ahead of his visual appeal in advance of a disciplinary panel.
It implies the 26-yr-old is perhaps facing a prolonged ban.
Toney was billed with 232 breaches in November and a even further 30 in December.
It is recognized he has admitted many of the offences but is contesting some others. FA rule E8 bans gamers from betting on video games, or sharing info for betting functions.
The alleged breaches took spot in between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021, through which time Toney represented Scunthorpe United, Wigan Athletic, Peterborough United and Brentford.
The ahead has scored 14 goals in 21 Premier League video games this season, aiding Brentford to ninth in the table and leaving them in rivalry for European qualification.
However, any ban for Toney could dent their probabilities of actively playing European soccer next season.
It would also have an effect on the forward’s prospects of an England simply call-up with European Championship qualification games towards Ukraine and Italy coming up in March.
Toney created Gareth Southgate’s squad previous autumn, however he was not in the 26-man bash which travelled to the World Cup in Qatar.
England defender Kieran Trippier was banned for 10 weeks by the FA in December 2020 for providing out details for other individuals to guess on his transfer from Tottenham to Atletico Madrid.
In 2017, Joey Barton – then a Burnley participant – was banned for 18 months, diminished to 13 on enchantment, after admitting positioning 1,260 soccer-connected bets over a 10-calendar year interval.
