It’s no secret that both Tottenham and Arsenal are in the market for a proven striker that’s a virtual guarantee of goals. You can add Chelsea to that list too.
Although the Gunners in particular of late haven’t had a problem with putting the ball in the back of the net, sustained, consistent top-class finishing is only achieved by having the requisite experience.
Brentford’s Ivan Toney has come back after his ban for illegal betting with a bang, and it’s no wonder that Spurs are now considering becoming part of the summer transfer conversation.
It’s believed that Mikel Arteta has been a long-term admirer of Toney and that could be what tips any deal in Arsenal’s favour.
The loss of Harry Kane hasn’t perhaps hit Spurs as hard as they thought it would do, and they have still scored goals, however, having Toney suit up as part of a new-look front line would give them some serious attacking options.
Tottenham want Ivan Toney… but for no more than £60m
Give Me Sport suggest that Spurs will enter the bidding if they feel they have a chance of landing the player, but they don’t want to spend more than £60m.
Chelsea are believed to also want to be kept informed of the situation, though it would be a big surprise if they didn’t try and land Napoli’s Victor Osimhen as their first-choice.
From Toney’s own point of view, he comes across as being very relaxed about what’s next.
Always look at the opposition when rating a striker and giving him a true evaluation.
For example, Gyokere s has scored 18 goals out of 22 matches from the Portuguese league this season, but the Portuguese league is considered a notch grade lower than the French League.
The French league is graded in between our Premier League and our lower Champs League. So that would be the equivalent of Gyokeres scoring 18 goals in our lower Champs league. Not that impressive, because I would imagine Nketiah or Jesus able to score 20 plus goals in a lower league, so that doesn’t prove anything.
If not the premier league, I would look to the higher leagues abroad like Germany, Italy or Spain to find a proven striker, or even the European league or International teams that produce better opposition teams that they have to score against.
No disrespect to Portugal, but if you look at the teams that Gyokeres is up against on Sofascore you will understand what I am saying.
You must judge a striker or any player really by his opposition that he has played against and has been rated and scored against.
You want players that can stand out in matches against the likes of Liverpool, man city, Barcelona, real Madrid, Munich, Napoli etc. and see how they were rated, not against unknown teams that are worst than ( no disrespect) Sheffield United that are in the Portuguese league( also meaning no disrespect to the few reasonable teams like park the bus porto).
If Sheffield United was in the Portuguese league they would probably be a top 4 team, that just shows you that level.
A player like Gyokeres form cannot be measured against that type of opposition, and at 25 years of age, their is little much more improvement in that player.
Arsenal should stay clear at his way overpriced £80 million, as he is really valued at £25 million and that is being generous.
As for Tony, is he proven against Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal or even in Europe or at International Level, this is the best way to rate a striker, in the biggest games where it counts that they won’t go missing when needed.
If Arsenal could have patience in the winter when everyone were saying buy a striker even me but they have overcome it and scored more than the clubs that have strikers so I feel they will sit down in the summer and evaluate the type of striker that will suit Arsenal so my advice is this now is not the time to rush in signing a striker and other departments so let’s wait and see how it goes.