Brentford are braced for Premier League clubs to bid for Ivan Toney in January when the England striker has completed his eight-month ban for breaching gambling rules.
Toney, 27, is preparing to switch agents, having been identified by some of English football’s top clubs as a target once his suspension ends on January 16.
The striker, who won his first England cap in March, is set to sign for the world-renowned agency Stellar, which facilitated Jack Grealish’s £100 million move to Manchester City and Gareth Bale’s then world-record transfer to Real Madrid.
Sources close to Toney believe that he has the potential to play for a top-six club and had expected him to leave Brentford this summer before receiving the ban in May.
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