{"id":2225,"date":"2025-07-15T14:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/2225\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:39:05","slug":"england-star-ivan-toney-declares-this-is-why-i-hate-london-after-thieves-broke-into-his-lamborghini-while-on-a-break-from-playing-in-saudi-arabia-on-400000-per-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/2225\/","title":{"rendered":"England star Ivan Toney declares ‘this is why I hate London’ after thieves broke into his Lamborghini while on a break from playing in Saudi Arabia on \u00a3400,000 per week"},"content":{"rendered":"

By TAMARA PRENN<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 11:50 BST, 15 July 2025 | Updated: 14:20 BST, 15 July 2025 <\/p>\n

Ivan Toney<\/a> suffered damage to his prize Lamborghini on his return to London from the former Brentford<\/a> striker’s new home in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The England international booked a move to Al-Ahli last summer amid feverish speculation over his future plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After inking an alleged \u00a320million-a-year deal <\/a>with the Saudi Pro League side, Toney jetted off to join his new side in the Kingdom’s second city, Jeddah.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has since secured the Asian Champions League<\/a>\u00a0title after their 2-0 victory against Japanese side Kawasaki Frontale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The move to Saudi came just over six months on from his return to football after Toney had served his eight-month ban for breaching the Football Association’s gambling regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toney’s 232 breaches of the association’s laws took place between 2017 and 2021, and the player was later diagnosed with a gambling addiction. His new home in Saudi Arabia outlaws gambling altogether.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ivan Toney has spoken out about his dislike of London after he was the victim of a crime<\/p>\n

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The Al-Ahli star is believed to have made himself at home in Jeddah due to its similarity to the British city of Milton Keynes<\/p>\n

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The England star has seen his Lamborghini Urus damaged after returning to the capital (left, days before the break-in)<\/p>\n

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Toney signed a deal worth a reported \u00a320million per season when he moved to Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

But Toney has since returned to the United Kingdom during his off-season – and appeared to soon discover why he opted for a move away from his home country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sharing a picture on his Instagram Story, Toney showed that the window of his Lamborghini Urus – worth an upwards of \u00a3197,000 – had been smashed and the car broken into by would-be thieves.<\/p>\n

It is not known whether Toney had anything stolen from inside the vehicle, but the forward was incensed, captioning an image of the damage: ‘This is why I hate London’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just three days before the crime, Toney had shown off his car in a video posted on social media of the striker training with his two sons, Ivan Junior and Ikari, who he shares with long-term partner Katie Bio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toney, who was born in Northampton, previously made the capital his home for the four seasons he spent at Brentford, after his move to the side from Peterborough United.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But in November last year, Toney is believed to have revealed his new fondness for Saudi stemmed from Jeddah’s supposed similarities to another British city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is claimed that Toney thinks that his new home shares the same qualities he liked in Milton Keynes, where he used to live – and started his relationship with Bio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toney and Bio are believed to have received special dispensation to live together out of wedlock in the devout Muslim country – receiving the same privileges as Al-Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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