{"id":7682,"date":"2022-01-29T06:05:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T11:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/29\/brentfords-ivan-toney-issues-apology-after-explicit-video-emerges\/"},"modified":"2022-01-29T06:05:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T11:05:16","slug":"brentfords-ivan-toney-issues-apology-after-explicit-video-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/29\/brentfords-ivan-toney-issues-apology-after-explicit-video-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford\u2019s Ivan Toney issues apology after explicit video emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Brentford striker Ivan Toney has issued an apology after a video of himself emerged on social media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/brentford-open-investigation-over-video-of-ivan-toney-allegedly-aiming-explicit-dig-at-club\/\">video<\/a> in question saw the striker partying in Dubai. Whilst doing so, Toney was recorded saying \u2018F**k Brentford\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>After the video emerged, it was reported that Brentford were investigating the matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brentford are aware of a video that is being circulated on social media allegedly involving Ivan Toney and are investigating the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The club will offer no further comment at this stage.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrentfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrentfordFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay Harris (@jaydmharris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaydmharris\/status\/1487147961859645442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nNow, on Saturday morning, Toney has taken to social media to issue a statement: \u201cI am aware of a video of me that was published on social media today, taken in Dubai where I have been on holiday during the winter break. In it, I used language that was unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video was cut short and edited, but I have to accept the impact this has had and I realise I should not have put myself in that position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have explained to the gaffer what happened and apologised to him but I also want to apologise to all Brentford fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect the way you all support the team and I have to say how much I love playing for the club and you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be back training next week, working hard to score more goals to win us more for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018Unacceptable\u2019: Ivan Toney issues grovelling apology to fans after video emerged of him saying \u2018f*** Brentford\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ksamhssy9U\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ksamhssy9U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailSport\/status\/1487357388722253825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWill Ivan Toney be dropped for Brentford?<\/h2>\n<p>Brentford\u2019s next clash after the winter break is an FA Cup 4<sup>th<\/sup> round tie vs Everton.<\/p>\n<p>The Bees then face Manchester City in a Premier League match on Wednesday the 9<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Given the importance of Ivan Toney to this Brentford team, it will be interesting to see if Thomas Frank opts to drop the striker as punishment for the video.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/gambia-vs-cameroon-betting-tips-africa-cup-of-nations-preview\/\">Gambia vs Cameroon betting tips: Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/burkina-faso-vs-tunisia-betting-tips-africa-cup-of-nations-preview\/\">Burkina Faso vs Tunisia betting tips: Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford striker Ivan Toney has issued an apology after a video of himself emerged on social media on Friday. The video in question saw the striker partying in Dubai. Whilst doing so, Toney was recorded saying \u2018F**k Brentford\u2019. After the video emerged, it was reported that Brentford were investigating the matter: Brentford are aware of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-7682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}