Brentford especially will be keen to hold onto Toney for the remainder of the season as Bryan Mbeumo, their talisman and player who has stepped up to fill Toney’s shoes this season, has been ruled out for several months with an ankle injury.
There have been figures quoted as high as £80million to prise Toney away from Brentford in January, forcing Arsenal to look at Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke as an alternative at £50m.
Though Toney has already dropped a major hint that he is ready to leave Brentford. “Everybody wants to play at the top of the tree,” he told the Diary of a CEO podcast in August.
“Not that Brentford aren’t there but playing for a big club and fighting for trophies, I really want to do that. If the chance was to come along, I would be silly not to look more into it. The manager knows that I want to play at the highest level possible.”
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