Thomas Frank doesn't believe that Ivan Toney's absence on Saturday will affect his chances of receiving an England call-up for the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar.
Toney picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Wolves last Saturday, meaning he is suspended for our trip to Nottingham Forest.
But his head coach thinks Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate will have all but decided his final squad - and the Bees boss believes Toney should be included when it's announced next week.
The Brentford boss said: "I can only speak for myself but, if I was a national team manager, I would have my team and squad ready. The only difference would be players with injuries or whatever.
"The last-minute performances... I don't really think it matters, to be fair. Never say never - if you score four goals in the next two games as a striker, that's probably a good thing if you're on the borderline.
"But I think, in this case, Southgate will probably be pretty sure of who he's going to pick."
When asked if he thinks Toney has done enough, Frank added: "For me, yes! I think you need a specialist in a squad with 26 players.
"I think he's a specialist, not only in penalties, I think that's an extra plus, of course, we've joked a bit about that, but also his ability to score goals, coming in and arriving in the box.
"Because [of England's previous penalty shootout record] it's been made a bigger, bigger thing."
Toney could be one of a number of Brentford players going to the World Cup in a few weeks, and Frank stated that he is 'proud' every time he sees one of his players representing their country.
He added: "It's a massive story for the Club. From where we've come from, we will hopefully be represented by someone in the Spanish squad, the England squad, and in other squads too - Cameroon, Iran, Denmark.
"We are proud every single time a player is called up for their country."
