In accordance with Caught Offside, Chelsea and Arsenal may strategy to signal Brentford striker Ivan Toney for £55 million when the switch window reopens in January.
The England striker is at present ineligible to play aggressive soccer following his eight-month ban for breaching FA betting guidelines. He has began coaching with the first-team squad at Brentford, however gained’t be permitted to return to the taking part in discipline till January seventeenth.
This has not dampened the hypothesis over his future and Caught Offside point out that Chelsea & Arsenal have already spoken to the striker’s representatives and take into account him as a winter goal.
It’s claimed that he could possibly be obtainable for £55 million, a lot lower than the £100 million price ticket beforehand talked about. Whereas £55m would already be a cut price for Toney, the report says Arsenal are hoping to decrease the asking worth additional.
Prime-class striker
Toney, described as ‘world-class‘ by his supervisor, has established himself as one of many best-performing strikers within the English top-flight. He scored on 20 events within the final league marketing campaign earlier than being banned for breaching betting guidelines in Could. This meant that there have been no proposals to signal him final summer time however the situation might be totally different in 2024.
Each Chelsea and Arsenal are lagging within the no.9 division. Nicolas Jackson has been a hit-and-miss since his transfer from Villarreal and the Blues want somebody who’s extra constant main the road. The identical could possibly be mentioned for the Gunners with Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah not being common goalgetters.
Leandro Trossard is one other participant who has performed up entrance for them, however he’s extra of a winger. Each golf equipment want a powerful point of interest up entrance which Toney possesses. Chelsea are additionally taking a look at Victor Osimhen and any transfer for Toney could also be depending on how they need to proceed with their curiosity within the Nigerian star.
If Osimhen offers the inexperienced gentle for a summer time transfer from Napoli, the Blues could not need to make investments on Toney, contemplating they’ve Christopher Nkunku getting back from a severe knee damage. Arsenal may additionally play the ready sport till the summer time if Jesus, Nketiah or Trossard get right into a wealthy vein of scoring kind quickly.
