Ivan Toney never gave up on reaching the World Cup - despite even Thomas Tuchel writing him off.
Toney was the biggest headline and story when England boss Tuchel picked his 26 man squad for the tournament. This was the striker written off after he went to the Saudi Pro League. Written off after his appearance for England as a last minute substitute against Senegal a year ago. And written off because Tuchel did not like his attitude in training.
But, in huge credit to Toney, the more people write him off then the more he sets out to prove them wrong. And that is exactly what he did by making the plane to the United States this summer.
Al-Ahli striker Toney, 30, said: “There was a lot of talk by people saying I’d gone out to Saudi and it has ruined my chances of being in the mix but I don’t listen to outside noise.When everybody was writing me off that I wasn’t gonna be involved in the England picture and you to have that spiritual feeling you can turn things round.”
