manchester united and Chelsea could sign talented England striker Ivan Toney for £60m in the summer, despite Brentford ideally demanding £100m to part ways with their star striker. This is according to the Sky Sports reporter. Sheth Dharmesh speaking in Give me sport.
Ivan Toney's future has been firmly away from Brentford rather than with them for quite some time now. Despite making an impressive comeback from being banned in January and contributing to the Bees' victory first division campaign, it seems that he has surpassed Thomas Frank's team and is ready to move to a top club.
Toney joined Brentford in 2020 and has been an integral figure in Frank's team as they continue to push and establish their position in the English top flight. In 135 appearances for the Bees, Toney scored 72 goals and provided 22 assists.
Anyone who has seen the 28-year-old play will know that he is much more than his goals and assists. Any young forward emerging on the blocks should watch and learn from Toney's attacking and build-up play. Any club that hires him would get a top-level striker.
Chelsea advantage?
Chelsea and Man Utd are said he was interested By securing his signature with both clubs, Toney reportedly became one of the summer's top targets.
Speaking about the situation, Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth says that despite Brentford wanting £100m, interested clubs could sign Toney for around £60m due to his contract situation. Seth said through GMS.
“Do I expect him to win £100m? Brentford will want £100m for him, but other clubs will be very, very aware that he is unlikely to sign a new contract. He has come in over the last 12 months and they will probably use him to drive the price down. So £100m probably not. He's probably looking at around £50m/£60m potentially. Ivan Toney will probably be a good deal for all parties in the end because Brentford will get good money with which they can replace Ivan Toney and they have already started to do that, haven't they? “They have already looked at other players and have already signed players on pre-contracts before the summer, so they are already thinking about life after Ivan Toney.”
Between the Red Devils and the Blues, it is Chelsea who are most desperate to sign a high-profile number nine. Nicolas Jackson has been up and down so far this season and the club has struggled for goals overall.
While Manchester United have also had problems scoring goals, the problem has not been the striker. Rasmus Hojlund. Despite a slow start at Old Trafford, the Dane appears to be finding his feet and has been regularly among the goals every time he has played in recent weeks.
Neither club is in a particularly promising position when it comes to getting Champions League Football for next season. Taking all these factors into account, Toney could opt to join Chelsea instead of Man Utd. It remains to be seen how much each club will have to pay to sign Toney, but he promises to be an interesting option. transfer saga for the summer.
