Brentford is looking to offload Ivan Toney in the final days of the transfer window and has reduced their asking price by £25 million.
The Bees had hoped that Arsenal and other clubs, who have long tracked the striker, would intensify their interest.
This could have sparked a bidding war that would have helped them achieve their previous valuation of £70 million for Toney.
The striker was also keen on a move to Arsenal and appeared to be following the Gunners closely.
However, with just about ten days remaining in the transfer window, it now seems likely that Toney will be heading out of England instead.
According to The Sun, Brentford is not concerned about his destination and is now willing to sell him for £45 million.
He is expected to secure a move in the coming days, with Chelsea also interested and a club from Saudi Arabia pushing hard to convince him to join them.
If Arsenal still consider him a good fit for Mikel Arteta’s squad, they need to act quickly to secure his signature.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Toney is a fine striker, but he does not seem to fit our plans, and his age means he cannot offer us the long-term value that we consider important when making signings.
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Toney’s attitude doesn’t fit either.
Spend the extra cash to get the Merino deal over the line.
Seems to have a good rapport with Rice and knows Raya inside out. Would be a good move for Arsenal at the new price bracket. No idea why Chelsea wouldn’t go in for him either with that donkey Jackson up front. As a Bees fan, more than happy for him to go to Saudi so that we won’t see him pitted against us.
MA needs to be able to control and better a player’s attitude – look how he’s changed Havertz for example.
At £45 million and with three or four seasons at the top of his trade, he’s a no brainier.
Sign him up and, along with Merino, we will have a squad fit to challenge for the PL.
Havertz did not have attitude problem. He had confidence issues. Why no one is bidding for Toney when many clubs need a striker? 2 reasons probably, his attitude (chance of gambling again), and his no sell value in 4-5 years. He is on very low wages, and where ever he goes, hw would ask 100k pw minimum
Football London on the 2/3/23:
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Not doing anything and seeing off two managers.
Attributed to Talks***e presenter and ex villa man Gabby whatever.
That seens like one pro saying that he had an attitude problem to me, but you see it differently… fair enough.
Toney :Other players nearer home than we would like to think, have had gambling AND drinking problems, but with the support of the club, got over their addictions, so that’s why I think MA would help him by supporting him.
As we agree that he has, what, four more years at the top, it works out at just over ten million a year, plus his wages.
Not at all bad and his so called “sell on value” becomes irrelevant – especially if he helps us win the PL and/or the CL.
Sign him arsenal should stop whatever comment they made about him
I think we need a striker, but it seems Toney may be headed to Chelsea (with just about every other player on the market).
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Take it down another £25m and it may be a deal