Ivan Toney plans to get a celebratory tattoo if England earn Euro 2024 glory

Ivan Toney is confident England will win this summer’s European Championship – and joked he is ready to celebrate with a tattoo of the trophy on his forehead.

Gareth Southgate’s side are among the favourites to be crowned kings of the continent three years on from finishing runners-up in an agonising shoot-out defeat to Italy.

That confidence is shared by the England squad as they look to build on promising recent tournaments and replicate the women’s team by winning the Euros.

Brentford striker Toney shared his own belief about their potential in the build-up to Sunday’s Group C opener against Serbia and is ready to add to his 50-odd tattoos if they go all the way in Germany.

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Asked if he would mark Euro 2024 glory with a tattoo, he told BBC Radio 5 Live: “If we win, of course. I think I’ll get the trophy on my forehead or something!”

Toney began to laugh and then said: “I think it goes without saying I’ll have to get a little memorable one, and hopefully it’s a good one.”

A tattoo of the Henri Delaunay Cup on Toney’s head looks unlikely, but he believes some kind of new artwork will be required such is his faith in this England side.

“Yeah, I believe,” he said. “I believe it with the players we have in the team.

“We know it’s a long, long way to go and a big ask, but the players we have on a team, and I manifest things like this, so hopefully we can do it.”

Toney’s confidence in England is certainly clearer than his place in the 26-man squad had been.

The goals dried up having returning from an eighth-month Football Association betting ban with a bang in January, leading pressure to build on his place in the squad.

It appeared a straight fight between Toney and Ollie Watkins