Ivan Toney has long been on Arsenal’s radar, but he now looks set to become another transfer target the Gunners will miss out on.
The English striker has been in superb form over the past few seasons and was once Arsenal’s top choice for a striking addition.
However, this summer, Arsenal did not prioritise signing him, even when it became apparent that Brentford might be open to selling.
Both Manchester United and Chelsea have also shown interest in Toney, who is expected to be on the move soon.
According to The Times, Toney is now edging closer to a transfer to Al-Ahli, signalling that Arsenal and other top Premier League clubs are likely to lose out on his signature.
The report suggests that Al-Ahli’s initial offer of around £35 million was rejected, but they are prepared to return with an improved bid of approximately £50 million, which is expected to meet Brentford’s asking price.
Just Arsenal Opinion
It seems Toney is no longer a part of our transfer plans, so we have not been serious about signing him in this window.
The striker could leave the Premier League, and that will not hurt us because we have other strikers whom we want to sign and improve our squad.
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We didn’t miss out on Toney. It was just the pundits/former players saying we should sign him. It was said months ago that Arsenal met with him and didn’t want him because they don’t like him as a person, which is understandable because he’d be terrible for the dressing room.
Honestly, it doesn’t bother me. We can still win the Premier League without a new forward. But we need Merino
I can understand due to budgeting and FFP regulations makes it difficult
We are not missing out on him, because we are not in for him and I don’t believe we ever were.
the best thing that can happen this window is for the Saudi’s to sign Toney and then we never have to see this tediously boring repetitive nonsense on JA again
Seconded
A ‘race’ I’m very pleaswed to see us lose.
…very pleased
How can you miss out in a race you were never in?
I think Arsenal were genuinely interested in Toney quite a time ago but that cooled after Brentford stuck to their pretty ridiculous £100m fee demand. That’s come down a lot for various reason as we know but I doubt Arsenal had any real intention of following up their initial interest.
The big question is who (if anyone) Arsenal is going to sign as a striker or possibly winger? With a just over a week in the window now there’s little time left to delay if they are.
Why it has to be Arsenal missing out?