I’ve felt that the push for a new striker has come mostly from those outside of Arsenal. I personally don’t believe Ivan Toney to be worth the pursuit, when you exclude penalties he isn’t prolific in any way. He suits Brentford and is the kind of red herring signing you see desperate and clueless teams make because the media hypes them up and prints story after story linking you with the player, often times it’s rumours pushed by the players agent.
Nketiah is not ‘the one’ but Toney is not a significant enough upgrade on him either. If we aren’t getting a certain level of upgrade then I wouldn’t make the move. We shouldn’t be going after strikers who aren’t world class or have world class potential. Victor Osimhen, Lautaro Martinez, and Dušan Vlahović, those kinds of strikers, not the likes of Ivan Toney, Ollie Watkins, and Jonathan David.
I’d take Watkins over Nketiah everyday.
If Toney/Osimhen or that type come in, Jesus will still be very valuable as their cover and Sakas. It would work to run different styles as well
This happens, you know. Maybe it can be agents talking about a lot of things
So here, I don’t care about this. I know what my qualities are and I know what I can bring to the team. I can score and I can also help with other things, like opening spaces.
Love his attitude and confidence.
Is there any truth to these transfer rumours ? Stinks of agents pushing stories to bump up the price tag.
Ivan Toney to Arsenal has been pushed for years, I’m certain it’s from the players side. I also think pundits in the UK are pushing it because they know Toney is a red herring signing, he’s excellent for what Brentford do and what they want to achieve, but he is not what Arsenal need moving forward. Several years ago I’d have welcomed Toney, when Auba was stinking up the joint (even though he was quite similar to Lacazette), but we need to be aiming higher now.
The player is on shit wages and we are the biggest club with the most obvious need at his position. I hope he gets the bag because this is his last chance at a big deal. Just not from us.
Seems just like rumours and ITKs as always. Edu and Mikel likely are planning but I doubt anyone knows at this timeb
If he was a practically a guranteed 20 a season striker we wouldn’t have got him for 45 million. As good as he is he can be very frustrating with his finishing though.
He was 45M because he had 1 year left. He is easily an £80M player. Especially in this market.
He got a goal every 187 minutes in the league last year btw. Pretty good. More so when you add his assists. Something like 18G + 10A if he was healthy all season.
Not to mention he is made of glass
I like Jesus but Arteta is ruthless and knows what needs to be done. We need a 20 goal in the pl scoring guy Stat.
city scored 94 goals In The league with halaand and arsenal scored 88 goals with Jesus and nketiah. The team needs to sort out the CM and defense
How many goals did we score against top sides? That’s where the top striker comes in. We don’t need help beating Luton, we need help beating Liverpool