England footballer Ivan Toney has been charged with assault following an incident at a Soho nightclub in December, police have confirmed.

Toney, 30, of Nothampton, was charged last Thursday with assault causing actual bodily harm in relation to an alleged incident which reportedly took place on 6 December last year at a nightclub on Wardour Street in London.

He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 24 September, Metropolitan Police have said.

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