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Steve Evans: Ivan Toney and Chris Wood show the way

Top-class strikers are the jewel in the crown at any level of football, but I am honoured to have worked with a few exceptional ones.
Ivan Toney, left, in his Peterborough United days

By Steve Evans - Former Leeds United, Rotherham United and Stevenage manager

 
Top-class strikers are the jewel in the crown at any level of football, but I am honoured to have worked with a few exceptional ones.
Ivan Toney at Peterborough springs to mind. He was a class apart at times, and proved how good he is in the Premier League with Brentford.
We keep in regular touch and he has proven to be a true friend beyond football.
Another is Chris Wood at Nottingham Forest.

GOAL KINGS: Ivan Toney, left, in his Peterborough days and, inset, Nottingham Forest’s Chris WoodPICTURE: Alamy

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