Brentford head coach Thomas Frank believes Ivan Toney can prove people wrong after failing to get on the pitch in either of England s Nations League games over the international break.
Toney was left out of the matchday squad by Gareth Southgate for the 1-0 defeat to Italy and, while he was included in the 23 players chosen for the Germany match, he was not called upon off the bench.
The 26-year-old had been called up for the first time by Southgate after a superb start to the season in which he netted five times in Brentford s first six league games.
And Frank says Toney must use this disappointment to fuel his performances for the Bees, telling reporters: Of course Ivan hoped to come on the pitch.
I think in life and football the way you get success is you can show resilience and come back from smaller setbacks.
It is a minor setback, a minor disappointment, but you need to move forward and just prove people wrong by performing well and that s the only thing he can do.
So it s actually relatively simple. But a little bit more difficult of course to do it day in day out. But Ivan has a strong mentality and he will do everything he can to perform well.
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