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Tottenham's bid for 28-year-old England forward Ivan Toney has been rejected by Brentford. (Football Transfers), external

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The 2024-25 Premier League fixtures are being released on Tuesday at 09:00 BST - and you will see them on the BBC Sport website and app as soon as they are announced.

What should you look out for?

By chief football news reporter Simon Stone

Matches around European games

This will be even more keenly assessed than usual given the four clubs in the Champions League and two in the Europa League will have eight first-phase games rather than six. Long trips before or after European games do not go down well with managers.

Matches around internationals

There are international breaks in September, October, November and March. In Europe, the first three of those are for Nations League fixtures. World Cup qualifiers in Europe start in March 2025, though in South America and Asia they are being played in all four windows.

England managers tend not to be keen on blockbuster league matches immediately before a break and club bosses are equally unhappy at having to play key matches after them when so many players get back on Thursday or Friday.

Festive fixtures

To allow for a mid-August start, there will not be a winter break this season. The Premier League has assured clubs they will not be asked to play twice in less than 60 hours at any point over Christmas and New Year. That rules out any club playing on 26 December also having a game on 28 December. There will be no Christmas Eve fixture in the 2024-25 season.

As the FA Cup third round has been moved from its traditional home on the first weekend of January to the second, it does seem there will be four rounds of fixtures over the festive period - starting on 21 December and ending on 5 January.

New managers

Four Premier League clubs already have new managers - Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton), Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Arne Slot (Liverpool) and Julen Lopetegui (West Ham) - with a fifth to come at Leicester. So that's a new era beginning at 25% of clubs before a ball has been kicked. Russell Martin will take charge of a top-flight game for the first time after Southampton's promotion.

Brentford will refuse to sell striker Ivan Toney for any less than £60m, although they previously valued him at £80m. (Talksport), external

Toney is on Manchester United's shortlist of targets. (Independent), external

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If you could only buy one, sell one, and loan out one player at Brentford, who would you pick?

That was the question we asked you to answer, with the transfer window set to open on Friday.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Nick: Buy: Antonio Nusa - I would like another stab at buying him because he is so highly rated and would be a statement g. Sell: Ivan Toney - it is how our model works and we need to make maximum profit on him to reinvest. Loan: Ethan Brierley - it would be nice to see him go to the Championship for a season.

Russell: Buy: Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal - he would be a great player if it would ever be possible to bring him in. Sell: Ivan Toney - we need to sell him and we all know why. Loan: Frank Onyeka - he is not good enough.

Jacob: Buy: Sergio Reguilon. Sell: Ivan Toney. Loan: Any of our reserve goalkeepers because we have got too many!

Dan: Buy: Matt O'Riley from Celtic - he has been amazing this season, is Danish so would fit into the squad, would have a reasonable price tag and hasn't attracted attention from the big clubs. Sell: Ivan Toney - we need to get at least £40m for him and he has got to move on now.

Charlie: Buy: Sammie Szmodics from Blackburn. Sell: Ivan Toney. Loan: Kieran Tierney from Arsenal.

Brentford striker Ivan Toney says he did not want his eight-month football ban for breaking Football Association betting rules to be a personal "sob story".

Toney, who was charged with 232 breaches in May 2023, was suspended from football until 17 January, 2024.

The 28-year-old returned to training for the Bees in September and scored four goals in 17 Premier League appearances once his ban was lifted.

Reflecting on his "difficult" season that has finished with a place in England's European Championship squad, he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast: "Because of the person I am, I do not want anyone to feel sorry for me.

"I put myself in that situation. I had to deal with it.

"I do not want a sob story and life goes on. There are people in this world fighting for their life and in the worst situations, so you just have to get on with it and move forward.

"I did that and now I am here at a major tournament."

Gareth Southgate had options in the forward position heading into the Championship in and there was a question mark over Toney's inclusion because he failed to score in the last 12 games of the season.

However, one strength he should bring to the squad is fitness.

Asked about whether he is in better shape than his Three Lions team-mates, who have played a full season, he joked: "I would like to think so!

"But it is about how you are feeling mentally too, and I am feeling great and excited."

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The transfer window opens on Friday, and we want to know what matters to you most this summer.

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Brentford will play Benfica in a friendly at Estadio da Luz during a pre-season trip to Portugal.

Benfica, who finished second in Primeira Liga in 2023-24, will host the Bees on Thursday 25 July at 20:00 BST.

The club will also face fellow Portuguese top-flight outfit Estrela on 30 July.

Finally, Brentford have announced a friendly against National League side Sutton United in July but are yet to give an official date.

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The 2023-24 Premier League season may have only just finished but there is only 10 weeks until the 2024-25 season is scheduled to start.

So what are the key dates that you need to know?

When does the season start and finish?

The 2024-25 Premier League campaign will get under way during the weekend of 17-18 August.

It will take place over 33 weekends, with four midweek rounds and one Bank Holiday matchweek.

To allow for a mid-August start, there will not be a 'winter break' this time around. However, to avoid Christmas and New Year fixture congestion, the league will give more rest time to sides over three of the festive match rounds, with no club playing within 60 hours of another match.

The final round of fixtures will be played on Sunday, 25 May 2025, with all games to kick off at the same time.

When are the fixtures released?

09:00 BST on Tuesday, 18 June.

We will have all the details here for your club as soon as the fixtures are released.

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When does the transfer window open and close?

The summer window will officially open on Friday, 14 June, which also happens to be the start of Euro 2024, and will remain open until Friday, 30 August at 23:00 BST.

Transfer deadline day has been brought forward this year to be in line with the other major leagues in Europe. The closing dates were set following discussions with the leagues in England, , Italy, Spain and .

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