{"id":298650,"date":"2023-12-20T08:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T08:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298650"},"modified":"2023-12-20T08:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T08:24:20","slug":"arsenal-handed-boost-in-pursuit-of-brentford-striker-ivan-toney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/arsenal-handed-boost-in-pursuit-of-brentford-striker-ivan-toney\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal handed boost in pursuit of Brentford striker Ivan Toney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Arsenal handed boost in pursuit of Ivan Toney as Brentford chief admits the \u00a3100m-rated striker could leave &#8216;very shortly&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Toney has been strongly linked with a move ahead of his return next month\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The striker has not played this season after his eight month ban from football<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mikel Arteta booked again, other bosses getting yellows. 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Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arsenal have been handed a boost after a Brentford director admitted that Ivan Toney could be on the move &#8216;very shortly&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The future of the \u00a3100m-rated England striker has been hotly contested since the summer transfer window &#8211; despite his eight month ban from football for breaching FA betting rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That ban is set to come to an end next month, and Brentford&#8217;s technical director Lee Dykes has admitted that he is expecting &#8216;lots of interest&#8217; for the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the club&#8217;s media team, Dykes has hyped up the return of Toney who he calls &#8216;one of the top five strikers in the world&#8217; and warned interested clubs they &#8216;will have to pay a decent transfer fee&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I am so excited for Ivan to come back because I see him out there in training and he is some player; it looks like he&#8217;s never been away,&#8217; he says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/07\/79161659-12884513-image-a-5_1703056963989.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have been handed a boost in their pursuit of \u00a3100m-rated striker Ivan Toney<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/07\/79161757-12884513-image-a-24_1703057288286.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brentford&#8217;s technical director Lee Dykes admitted he could leave the club &#8216;very shortly&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s a real ambition from him and I can see in his eyes that he&#8217;s going to be better than he&#8217;s ever been; I really believe that will be the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yes, there will be lots of interest in Ivan in January. Naturally, there should be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was the third-highest Premier League goalscorer last season &#8211; one of them [Harry Kane] has gone to Germany now, so he&#8217;s up there as one of the best strikers in the division. He is in the top five in the world, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So there should be interest, and maybe the time comes very shortly that Ivan moves on to another club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But they will have to pay a decent transfer fee to acquire his services because he is some talent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Toney&#8217;s prolific form last season has also caught the eye of other suitors including Arsenal&#8217;s London rivals Chelsea.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s side are in desperate need of attacking firepower, and are thought to be prioritising recruitments in forward positions when they enter the market.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham too could field an interest in the player, with former Spurs legend Teddy Sheringham urging Ange Postecoglou to consider beating their north London rivals to the transfer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/07\/79161759-12884513-image-m-26_1703057294040.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side appear to be in pole position though Brentford value him at \u00a3100m<\/p>\n<p>But as per transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, they may have to find alternative options as Toney focuses his ambition elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From what I&#8217;m hearing, this is one more detail on Ivan Toney,&#8217; Romano shared on his Kick channel.<\/p>\n<p>This is a rumour I&#8217;m hearing that his preference in terms of a top club move in January or the summer would be to go to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From what I&#8217;m hearing Ivan Toney could be really excited by the possibility of joining Arsenal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old previously appeared to hint at an Arsenal connection when he shared a post on Instagram celebrating Declan Rice&#8217;s late winner against Luton &#8211; before deleting it amid a flurry of speculation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/07\/79161685-12884513-image-a-9_1703057044290.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Other clubs including Chelsea (manager Mauricio Pochettino pictured) are keen on Toney<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, with a show every Monday and Thursday this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Toney can return to competitive action on January 17, but has already taken part in a number of friendly fixtures, scoring twice in closed-door ties.<\/p>\n<p>The Bees will be keen to cling on to their star striker after the loss of one of their lynchpin players due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Mbeumo has been sidelined for at least 12 weeks after picking up an ankle issue during a Premier League tie against Brighton, in a serious blow to Thomas Frank&#8217;s plans for the second-half of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12884513\/Arsenal-handed-boost-pursuit-Ivan-Toney-Brentford-chief-admits-100m-rated-striker-leave-shortly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Arsenal handed boost in pursuit of Ivan Toney as Brentford chief admits the \u00a3100m-rated striker could leave &#8216;very shortly&#8217; 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