Al Ahli stay in talks with Brentford over the signing of Ivan Toney.
The Saudi Professional League aspect are believed to be a long way away from assembly Brentford’s valuation.
Nonetheless, discussions will proceed on Tuesday and all sides are hopeful a deal may be agreed this week.
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Al Ahli approached Brentford shortly earlier than the weekend and it was determined Toney wouldn’t be concerned of their win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
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Highlights from the Premier League match between Brentford and Crystal Palace
Brentford beat Palace 2-1, with forwards Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa discovering the online.
Bees supervisor Thomas Frank defined Toney’s omission from the squad, telling Sky Sports activities: “There’s numerous issues happening with Ivan. There’s some switch curiosity. Due to all that, we determined to not contain him within the squad.
“It is the basic one – I could not give an excessive amount of the day earlier than. He is been a unbelievable participant for us however we confirmed final yr particularly that we are able to deal with out him.”
When requested if that is the tip of Toney in a Brentford shirt, he added: “Who is aware of? There’s curiosity however there’s nothing shut.”
Al Ahli have a number of former Premier League gamers of their squad, together with Riyad Mahrez, Edouard Mendy and Roberto Firmino.
Redknapp: Brentford’s final probability to get real cash
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The Tremendous Sunday pundits react to the information of Toney being ignored of the Brentford aspect to face Crystal Palace
Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Redknapp on Tremendous Sunday:
“Toney has a yr left on his contract, so it’s Brentford’s final probability to get some real cash for him and he’s taking a look at his choices.
“A yr in the past he had much more than he has now. We thought he would go to Arsenal however that didn’t occur. Chelsea have checked out him and never gone for him, however I really feel Saudi Arabia is a chance for him. There’s curiosity there.
“Or he may sit, see out his contract and depart as a free agent subsequent yr, however he in all probability desires to do one thing now.”
The information Brentford followers all feared
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All of Toney’s profitable no-look penalties for Brentford within the Premier League
Sky Sports activities’ Ron Walker:
“The absence of Toney’s title from the teamsheet despatched a ripple of curiosity across the Gtech at 12.45pm, with Brentford followers fearing the worst however hoping it was only a minor niggle or one thing else innocuous ruling him out.
“With Frank’s interview developing solely minutes later, it was left to the supervisor to ship the dangerous information of precisely why Toney didn’t function – and that he could have performed his final recreation for the membership.
“It seems Frank was preserving his playing cards extraordinarily near his chest throughout his pre-match press convention on Friday, when he mentioned Toney can be match and obtainable to play.
“Now we all know he was conscious of the curiosity in him even then and fairly probably already knew he would not function on Sunday.”