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Classy Gareth Southgate let Brentford boss break England news to 'speechless' Ivan Toney

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Gareth Southgate let Brentford boss Thomas Frank break the news of Ivan Toney's England call-up to the "speechless" Bees striker.

The 26-year-old has been included in Southgate's latest Three Lions squad, which was announced on Thursday, the first time he has been given an international call-up at any level.

Toney has been rewarded for his impressive form for Brentford so far this season, with no English player having scored more Premier League goals than him this term.Frank has now revealed that Southgate contacted him ahead of the official squad announcement and asked him to give Toney the news in a classy gesture from the England manager.READ MORE: Simon Jordan defends Gareth Southgate and tells England fans to judge after the World CupSpeaking ahead of Sunday's match at home to Arsenal, Frank told reporters: “A nice little touch to the story, I would say, Gareth Southgate just showed how great a man he is that he texted me earlier in the morning and said ‘Thomas you can break the news to Ivan’.“I think it is not often that we as managers or head coaches can break the good news.

A lot of times it’s (that) they are not playing or we need to be hard on them.Should Ivan Toney go to the World Cup? Let us know in the comments section below."I’ve said many times, it is 90% suffering and 10% joy and that was definitely a very joyful moment to be able to call him and give him the good message.

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