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Brentford boss Thomas Frank has admitted that Ivan Toney could be sold for 'the right price' in the near future.
Toney is currently serving an eight month FA ban for breaching betting regulations but resumed training with his Brentford teammates this week as the restrictions ease up.
Despite his lengthy ban, a number of Premier League sides - including Man United, Chelsea and Tottenham - have been linked with a January move for the striker.
With 20 goals and four assists during last league season's campaign, Bees boss Frank admitted he understands why a number of top teams are interested in Toney.
‘So far we’ve only sold one in the Premier League, that was David Raya – or that’s a loan but probably will be a sale in the future, I guess,’ Frank said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.
Thomas Frank (L) admitted that Ivan Toney (R) could be sold for 'the right price' in the future
The Bees star is currently serving an eight-month FA ban for breaching betting regulations
‘I think every club in the world are a selling club except five or six clubs. We are a selling club, if the right price is there.
‘I think if it’s the right time for the player to go, from my perspective that’s not my decision that would be Phil [Giles, director of football] or Matthew [Benham, Brentford’s owner] in the end, then I think if they have developed well with us, been on the journey, and now they’re proven good enough to go to the top clubs,
