Watch Ivan Toney score first goals since Saudi Arabia transfer as £400,000-a-week striker sends reminder to Lee Carsley

IVAN TONEY has scored his archetypal 2 goals since joining Saudi broadside Al-Ahli this summer.

The ex-Brentford striker, who earns £400,000-per-week, is moving to get backmost into the caller England fold nether interim brag Lee Carsley.

Toney sent a wide connection to his doubters aft grabbing a brace and an assistance successful his 3rd quality for the Saudi Pro League side, arsenic they claimed a 4-2 triumph implicit Damac.

After Damac drew level from his assisted opener, Toney enactment his broadside 2-1 up instantly aft half-time with his archetypal extremity for the club.

The 28-year-old showed his poaching qualities arsenic helium prodded the shot location from six yards out.

Damac drew the crippled level again, earlier erstwhile Liverpool guardant Roberto Firmino enactment Al-Ahli up successful the eighth infinitesimal of wounded time.

Toney past tapped successful his 2nd 8 minutes aboriginal - and 15 minutes into added time.

VAR ruled that helium was not offside for his adjacent scope decorativeness that wrapped up the win.

The effect means that Al Ahli present person 7 points from 4 games, leaving them 5th and 1 constituent down Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr.

Toney completed a £40million transportation to the Saudi Arabian broadside from Brentford connected deadline day.

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He signed a two-year declaration to seal the switch, and is said to beryllium earning much than £400,000 a week taxation escaped - a fig that rises to astir £500,000 with bonuses.

An eye-watering upgrade from his clip astatine the Community Stadium, wherever helium was connected little than £50,000 a week.

The Northampton-born talisman has already netted a much than £1million since joining implicit 3 weeks ago.

The England guardant was denied the accidental to unfastened his relationship earlier this week erstwhile erstwhile Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez took the punishment against Persepolis successful the AFC Champions League.

Mahrez's onslaught from 12 yards was subsequently saved.

Toney was near retired of Carsley's latest Uefa Nations League squad for their victories implicit the Republic of Ireland and Finland, raising doubts implicit his planetary future.

But Carsley refused to regularisation out a instrumentality to the Three Lions side.

The ex-England U21 brag said: "I deliberation yet arsenic an interim caput manager I don't deliberation I tin regularisation anyone successful oregon out.

"It would beryllium truly absorbing to spell retired and spot Ivan play and spot the level and spot the tempo and spot the standard.

"We've got entree to the games truthful I'll decidedly beryllium pursuing his progression retired there.

"It would beryllium bully to spell and spot an existent unrecorded crippled to get a consciousness of the ambiance and the gait of the crippled due to the fact that sometimes you don't rather get that connected a video."

Despite Carsley's reassurance, immoderate volition constituent to Jordan Henderson's six period Saudi era arsenic a informing astir the prospects of a Three Lions return.

The six-capped England international marginally made the Euro 2024 squad amid the pugnacious contention successful guardant areas.

He played conscionable 43 minutes crossed 7 games successful Germany - but assisted Harry Kane's headed victor implicit Slovakia and scored a no-look punishment Switzerland.