Brentford are reportedly eyeing up a move for a potential Ivan Toney replacement if the forward was to leave in January.
It is not a secret that the English striker is the subject of interest from numerous Premier League clubs including Arsenal and Chelsea.
Toney is set to return from his gambling ban in January which could lead to a potential move away.
The Gunners are currently considered the favourites to land the clinical striker and supporters will be encouraged by the latest news coming from the club.
According to TeamTalk, Brentford are ‘weighing up a final decision’ on a Toney replacement with MLS star Brandon Vazquez reportedly at the top of the list.
The report goes on to state that Thomas Frank wants to keep hold of his star and hand him a new contract if possible but a big offer from another Premier League club could change that stance.
Mikel Arteta’s side has also been linked with moves for several other strikers including Victor Osimhen and more recently, Dominik Solanke.
But with the striker market currently limited, they will no doubt have to pay a hefty premium to get a deal done in January.
Transfermarket values 27 year old Toney at £30 million due to his age devaluation and non euro experience. Arsenal would probably stretch to £45 million but no more, for the reasons mentioned. Brentford probably value him between £60 to £70 million but would aim very high at £90m to £100 million. It looks like this deal with Arsenal will not happen unless a swap deal was involved, whereby Arsenal can also over value one of their players in exchange. For e.g Nketiah over value at a ridiculous £60 million in exchange for over valued Toney at a ridiculous £90 million, leaving Arsenal to pay £30 million. Otherwise this deal will never happen.
Haaland is probably in the £150m+ mark, and Harry Kane went for >£100m when already 30 years of age and had 1 year left of his contract. So not sure why Toney, who was 3rd highest scorer in the Prem last season would be anything less than £70m. Yes, silly money, but when Curcurella can go for £62m, a wing back who struggled to get into a struggling Chelsea before injury and Havertz £65m who hasn’t been prolific for ages, then he must be at least £70m in today’s market. Transfermarkt always have unrealistic prices on players, particularly strikers. He was £50m before getting his ban and therefore depreciated him based on being out for 8 months. In the matches he missed towards the end of last season it would not be unreasonable to expect him to have scored another couple on top of the 21 he did score. At the end of the day, why would Brentford loan him out (which has been suggested elsewhere) or sell him for less than £70m when they are struggling with injuries, and have players out in the new year at AFCON and the Asia equivalent. It would be in the interests of the club having him back, scoring goals and firing them up the league to safety as the financial rewards of staying in the Prem are more than selling Toney with >12m left on his contract in the Summer for, say, £50m+