‘Someone was out to get me’ - Toney claims World Cup omission doesn’t add up
Ivan Toney believes the questionable timing of The FA's decision forced him to miss out on the World Cup.
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00:00 I guess it comes down to the allegations on the betting scandal.
00:06 But I feel like, personally, I felt like it was a bit of a questionable time when they
00:12 decided to bring it all out.
00:15 And then when they actually dealt with the situation come the end of the season, it's
00:18 kind of like, why would you bring it out then to, and then punish me at the end of the season?
00:27 I feel like, yes, I'm banned now, but the biggest punishment for me was missing out
00:33 on playing at the World Cup.
00:34 Personally, I felt more hurt and I felt down around the time.
00:40 I felt like somebody's out to get me at that time to stop me from playing for England.
00:48 In my head, like that's just how I seen it at the time.
00:51 It's like, they want to punish me for this, missing out on England.
00:56 The World Cup, like that's everybody's dream to be playing at the World Cup.
01:00 And then further down the line, ban me as well.
01:03 It's kind of like a double hit, I feel, in a sense, whereas, like I said, if he's going
01:12 to do, if he's going to stop me from going to the World Cup, do it then and then and
01:16 deal with it, deal with the whole situation.
01:18 Rather than doing that, missing out on the World Cup, and then let me play the rest of
01:22 the season, and then ban me after the season.
01:28 It's just an idea in my head, to be fair, anyway.