Of course, in recent years, many high-profile football players have moved to Saudi Arabia.

Five-time Ballon d'Or champion Cristiano Ronaldo is perhaps the most famous of them, but there are also Neymar, N'Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez, who continue to be selected by their respective national teams after taking the action.

Indeed, Tony may compete with his Al-Ahli teammate Edouard Mendy when England plays Senegal next week.

Browse the roster of the lineup, there are many recognizable names in the Saudi professional league, but despite this, the overall standards of the league are considered to be very low.

In Opta's latest power rankings, the Saudi professional league ranks only 29th in the world, second only to Ecuador's Liga Pro.

"Toney himself publicly mentioned that he was very surprised by the Saudi football standards," John McAuley, a sports journalist covering the Saudi professional league, told BBC Sport.

“That’s much higher than he expected, obviously because there are the right international players coming into the league right now.

“Saudi has maintained a high reputation in Asian football matches – Al-Hilal is a record four-time champion in the Asian Champions League.

"The level of the local players is still very good, but when you think of defender Toney, he's still playing against Al-Nassr's Aymeric Laporte, from Danilo Pereira's Kalidou Koulibaly, from PSG, from PSG to Al-Ittihad - he's still playing against European standard players."

Regardless of his opinion on the league he is playing, there is no doubt that Tony came to this England camp as a form of player to enjoy excellent scores in the second half of the season to help Al-Ahli become the champion in Asia.

"He has scored a large number of 19 goals in his last 19 league games, completing two goals in Cristiano Ronaldo's match," added McCauley.

“The huge thing, and what really put him in with his fans is that he played a key role in Al-Ahli winning the Asian Champions League elite for the first time.”

Tony told 5 Live: "It's a big deal to make the transition, move to Saudi Arabia for the first time."

"Obviously, people would think 'how he will deal with it, how will he deal with it?'. As can be seen from the statistics, they speak for themselves.

"It was also a good season and won trophys. It was a big deal for me, I didn't win many trophys, but being part of it was a big moment."