Brentford forward Ivan Toney believes the public leaking of information about his gambling breaches was spiteful.
The striker is suspended from action until January, with the FA coming down hard on Toney.
The forward not only bet on hundreds of games, but even bet for and against his own team on several occasions.
People try to break people down," Toney told the Kick Game YouTube channel.
It come out, just before the England camp, obviously missing out on the World Cup In a way, it was kind of like: 'get out now so you don't go [away with] England'.
And then all of a sudden they want to wait until the end of the season... but it is what it is. They wanted to do it that way. I call it a bit spiteful. You just have to get on with it.
I feel that was a bigger punishment, even though I am missing eight months of football. That was a bigger punishment, missing out on the World Cup.
It's everybody's dream. I believe in myself and hopefully I can be at the next one."
