Arsenal is reportedly interested in acquiring Brentford striker Ivan Toney as he nears a return to football action.
Toney has earned recognition as one of the top strikers in the Premier League since helping Brentford secure promotion to the English top flight. Despite the possibility of leaving last summer, he faced a ban for betting offences, causing him to miss the first half of this season.
Arsenal is keen on adding Toney to their squad to address their goalscoring issues, with the striker high on their list of potential targets. A report from The Sun suggests that Brentford has identified Santiago Castro, a 19-year-old striker from Velez Sarsfield, as a replacement for Toney.
Brentford is reportedly pursuing an ambitious move for Castro, who is also attracting interest from several top clubs in Europe. The club sees Castro as an ideal replacement for Toney and is open to selling Toney if they can secure the young Argentine striker.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Toney is one of the finest strikers on our shopping list, and we will score more goals if we add him to our group.
But we must wait for Brentford to be prepared for the sale. Otherwise, he will cost too much.
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Toney wants to come to us, not the other way around. I don’t see us signing him.
A player who can hold is own, but Arsenal needs someone that will offers more especially with with phase five around the corner
It’s my understanding Arsenal have some FFP issues that will prevent them from splashing out huge sums for anyone this Winter; that is unless we have some outgoing business. Too bad we can’t get more than a case of Lucozade for our 65 million pound toothless house cat.
I think we don’t need him that much,1 option I got is lautaro Martinez and 2 is olie Watkins
What’s the issue as regards FFP? We haven’t spent like other big clubs, or is it just Arsenal?
I’m sure we had the biggest spend last window, Just over £200 million.
They should go for toney over any other striker in the January transfer window
There were reports earlier that Brenford were discussing extending Toney’s contract. I think arsenal should wait until January to see how the Toney situation develops. Also, if Partey is leaving for Juventus, I think Arsenal should think of a swop deal of Partey and Vlahovic.
I think Victor from Napoli should be a better striker should we really need a striker
We need a striker in January window otherwise you kiss goodby to winning EPL Championship. Unfortunately, the only striker who could be available is Toney . Strikers like Watkins, Osimhen & Lautaro may only be available during the July – August window.