Arsenal has been tracking Ivan Toney for at least a year, and he was considered the best choice for their number nine role at the end of the 2022/2023 season.
A lengthy ban, which covered the first half of last season, prevented him from moving to the Emirates, and he did not make a strong impression upon his return.
The Gunners have kept him on their wishlist as Brentford looks to offload him this summer before his contract expires in 2025.
Toney is still expected to leave, and several reports suggest he remains an important target for Arsenal.
However, just days before the new Premier League season begins, the Gunners have yet to intensify their interest in his signature.
While they continue to monitor him closely, an update from Independent Sport suggests that Toney is no longer a top priority at the Emirates.
Arsenal is exploring other targets and may not sign a striker this summer. If they do, it is unlikely to be Toney.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Toney has been one of the finest strikers in the Premier League, but he did not impress on his return in the second half of last season.
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I believe Arsenal’s interest in him cooled many months ago.
I thought his coach said they can only sell him for £100m. So they should wait until they sell him for dt price.
Mean while some of our fans want us to sell our players for peanut.
It’s not a question of fans wanting to sell our “players (actually Eddie) for peanuts”, it’s the valuation put on them by other clubs. In Eddies case OM are the ONLY interested club (so far) at ANY price, peanuts or pounds.
In a transfer market you either decide to sell or keep the player. Brentford clearly can’t sell Toney at £100m any more than Arsenal can sell Eddie at their asking price.
Williams is our number-one target what does that say about Martinelli then our second choice might be a wide right player like Neto or they could be a CF It all feels a bit weird
I think Williams has just announced he’s staying with his current club.
BTW I would love to see the competition between Martinelli and Williams on the left side we’d go up levels
I still believe that Toney offers Arsenal something that they don’t have in their squad.His directness,physical prowess and eye for goal is very different from anything Havertz and Jesus currently offer.
The type of money that Brentford were asking for his transfer last season was set to be a deterrent.His true value is around £50 and given what else is available and the prices being quoted for them I’d much rather have Ivan Toney in the Arsenal squad going into next Season.
I agree
He is decent premier league striker but nothing more but could be a good squad player as we do not have a centre forward like him.
He has one year on his contract left and it is common for clubs or wait until deadline day to bid those players.
I could see a swap deal with Nketiah going the other way.
How many potential striker targets has Arsenal reportedly gone through (going through) since those faraway days when Toney was the main interest? They come, they go but nobody appears close to signing yet.
Quite true but “reportedly” is the key term here
He offers more and will be cheaper than any other strikers we’ve been linked with.
Until Eddie is gone, we wont get a striker.