The Emirates Stadium team is no longer pursuing the English star, according to a reputable source on X.
The fact that Arsenal has accelerated their plan to add a striker is no longer surprising in the context that their number 9s are not really good at finishing. In the January transfer window, the Emirates Stadium team was linked with quite a few quality strikers, but the most notable is still the case of Ivan Toney.
The English striker was banned from playing for half a season for betting, but is still considered the top choice for the Gunners.
The 27-year-old player possesses all the qualities of a typical striker such as physical strength, the ability to sniff out goals and score diverse goals. Last season, Toney scored 20 goals and contributed 3 assists in 33 appearances.
Witnessing the English striker’s terrible scoring performance in the Premier League, fans believe that Toney can become the perfect piece for Mikel Arteta’s system.
In fact, Arsenal also appreciates Toney. An account that regularly provides accurate information about the Gunners’ transfer situation – Team news and ticks, confirmed that the North London club had had negotiations with the 27-year-old striker. However, at the present time, everything has ended.
Specifically, this account wrote:
”The football situation is changing so rapidly.
This time last week, I was predicting Toney would become an Arsenal player in the summer. But now, I’m confident that won’t happen.”
It is still unclear the reason behind the decision from the Gunners. But it can be speculated that they have found a more suitable target or that negotiations with Toney as well as Brentford are having trouble.
However, considering Arsenal’s transfer style under Arteta, fans will also find a few reasons why this deal stalled.
Toney will turn 28 in March, but Brentford values the striker at more than £100 million. Meanwhile, the goal that Arteta outlines is young, aspirational stars to build a strong team that can compete both at the present time and for at least the next 5 years.
Arsenal is not the type of club that will spend huge amounts of money on a star who can only play at the top for 1 or 2 years. Therefore, Toney is not the name the Spanish strategist really needs.
With that huge amount of money, they can look for a young target who, although having difficulty in the early stages of joining, will be cultivated to gradually shoulder the responsibility of scoring goals.
The addition of young strikers is gradually becoming a trend that big teams pursue. Looking at Man Utd or Liverpool, they are willing to accept risks in the early stages by spending nearly 100 million pounds on inexperienced strikers (in the case of Rasmus Hojlund and Darwin Nunez), but with their potential, The club does not need to worry about everything in attack in the future.
This may be one of the reasons why Arsenal decided to withdraw from the Toney deal.
