Arsenal told 12-goal PL striker is 'best candidate' for transfer as Arteta is warned against signing Toney
Arsenal have been warned against signing Ivan Toney from Premier League adversaries Brentford during the upcoming January transmit window.
It is being popularly reported that Arsenal will certainly gander to symbol a brand-newfangled demonstrator in January as Eddie Nketiah and also Gabriel Jesus have had a made use time in front of need in current months.
With each other they have merely 8 purposes in their 32 Premier League appearances this season so Arsenal are perhaps lacking a peak-degree demonstrator that could thieve Mikel Arteta‘s side to the next off degree.
Toney has been repetitively bargained as a target after he scored 20 Premier League purposes last season. The England international is yet to tinker for Brentford this season as he has been serving a restriction for his betting offences yet he is due to readjust in January.
The demonstrator is reportedly presumed of at £80m by Brentford and also previous Premier League forward Chris Sutton supposes Arsenal should skip him as he will certainly be lacking “match oblige”.
“They are playing catch-up to Liverpool, using Metropolis hot on their heels – Pep Guardiola’s side would certainly go overhanging them if they win their game in hand,” Sutton said in an meeting using BBC Presenting off openings.
“There’s been plenty of talk already about how manager Mikel Arteta last offers to symbol an additional demonstrator in January.
“Brentford’s Ivan Toney has been attached for a while, yet he has not tinkered for months provided that of his discontinuity. He will certainly have been mentoring, yet how much match oblige implements he have?”
Instead of Toney, Sutton supposes Bournemouth forward Dominic Solanke – that has scored 12 Premier League purposes this season – is the “ideal aspirant” to be Arsenal’s next off demonstrator.
“Arsenal are attempting to win the title, so they refuge’t obtained time to wait for any guy to gain use up to rate,” Sutton added.
“If we are gazing at the monikers that are allegedly within their grasp, Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke stands out as the ideal aspirant.”
Previously this week, Bournemouth head advisor Andoni Iraola said Solanke has profited from his side’s steady recovery this season.
“I wear’t genuinely feel Dom has adjusted so much from the outset of the season, it’s not favor he was not playing nicely and also now polymorphous,” said Iraola.
“The joint recovery perhaps renders him gander a tiny tiny fragment tiny fragment closer, yet he was awfully detailed provided that day one.
“He scored on the first day of the season and also he has been certainly detailed from the outset.”
