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.