Ivan Toney has been on Arsenal’s radar for months, and as they miss out on other transfer targets, it’s expected that the Gunners will get serious about signing the Brentford striker.
Over the years, Toney has proven to be one of the top goalscorers in the Premier League, and he is too good to remain with the Bees.
He should be playing for a bigger club, and it seems only a matter of time before that happens.
The striker is eager to make a move to a larger club this summer, and Arsenal’s hesitation could cost them his signature.
The Independent reports that Chelsea and Manchester United are intensifying their interest in him, and both clubs are serious contenders.
The report indicates that they are looking to sign him on loan with an obligation to buy next summer to avoid breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
This kind of arrangement is something Brentford would likely welcome, similar to the agreement they had when they sold David Raya to Arsenal.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Toney is a fantastic striker, but there must be a reason why Mikel Arteta is not pushing to add him to his squad even after losing out on Benjamin Sesko.
He will certainly do well on our team, but we support whoever our manager thinks is better for our team.
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If his contract expires next summer how would that loan to buy even work? I mean the FFP resets after June right? Isn’t that when his contract expires.
Good point. The only way this could make any sense is if the obligation to buy kicked in prior to June 30 (to protect the club’s 1st right to the player) and that doesn’t seem realistic given that it would go against the current FFP period.
I’m still not sure Arsenal will go for him. Toney certainly looked of interest a while ago and it appears his price has been cut substantially from a pretty incredible £100m earlier. However, if Edu is looking for a striker – and I think he certainly should, and very carefully as well – then there may be other options.
That said, the clock continues to tick and with two months gone and less than three weeks left now in the summer window, Arsenal’s overall transfer activity, of any substantial kind at least, has been pretty woeful so far.
It seems to me that Arsenal are gently, gently operators, working behind the scenes to get the player they want. The amount of speculation from the so called reliable sources suggests that most of it is guesswork. I therefore, take the signing of anyone with a pinch of salt until the club announces it or puts it out there that negotiations exist. Nothing has been mentioned about Toney, who doesn’t fit the Arsenal regarding his recent issues, from my perspective
Spot on Sue.