Ivan Toney

Burnwinter

One way to look at this is that, depending on fee and wages, he might well be a more effective signing than Vlahovic.

Seems to be yet another example of Arteta imitating Guardiola.

Clrnc

mohan I sure hope we are taking notes of Boniface, Sesko, Karim Konate and and Simic's son.

But seriously Toney is very good. Just slightly below the top tier

Kel Varnsen

I think he's a very good player, and he absolutely makes the players around him better. He's a terrific link-up player and an excellent modern target man.

lorddulaarsenal

Yes that’s a strength of his. He’s also able to have an impact against the bigger teams.

It’s a definite yes from me

Qwiss

He's a good player but I don't think he's a game changer for us. We need to stop signing solid players and get a star. Someone on Odegaard and Sakas level.

goon

Qwiss

Depends, if you think Martinelli and Saka are going to be starts you can just get someone who enables them. If you can’t get a star, get someone who fits and makes others better.

As Mirth said it’s unlikely you’re going to get a young Benzema or Kane. You could gamble on someone like Ferguson I suppose, but it’s a gamble.

Mirth

There's a real lack of star strikers that are available though. Osimhen is pretty much the only one that comes to mind right now. Or we do what United did and try and get ahead of the curve with someone.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Concerns around his age (re-sale value?) and the fact he hasn’t played for so long would mean it would take him a while to get up to speed.

However, as others have mentioned, for Jan he won’t be bad at all but his impact may be from March onwards as opposed to someone who can come in and hit the ground running.

lorddulaarsenal

Thing is we need a shot in the arm in January. Top four isnt a given based on the quality in the league.

JazzG

I'd rather we blow our budget on Ferguson, we have other strikers so he could be eased in but the upside and potential there is frightening.

Clrnc

We have to move for Osimhen. He has fallen out with Napoli and is sueing the club

QuincyAbeyie

Clrnc that's the weirdest story I've read in a while..

GooneriC

We better move quick. Chelsea will be all over him

Burnwinter

I see there's also one where the Napoli TikTok trolled him for missing a penalty.

Napoli should probably sack their social media guru—I assume it's some Gen Z moron who spends too much time on alt-right reddits—and issue an apology to the player.

Meatwad

what is coconut suppose to be? a compliment from racist people? "usually we don't like your kind, so you should be honored we think of you as brown on the outside and white on the inside. you're one of us"????

Coombs

Lukecool on Toney. Blew me away when I first saw him play, but I'd much rather we just go big on Osimhen or Ferguson.

And I prefer Ferguson, at the moment. Feels like we don't get either if we sign Toney, but who knows. Nketiah going the other way could open up space for a top young prospect.

lorddulaarsenal

Ferguson is the best bet. Long term investment too.

Have a feeling Osimhen will drop off physically quite soon. Looks like he’ll have joint issues.

HomeSteak

lorddulaarsenal How can you tell if a person will have joint issues?

lorddulaarsenal

HomeSteak view based on their physique. Maybe not joint issues in particular but you can tell who will degrade physically swifter than others. He has legs like Alexis, albeit longer

est

Ferguson for me looks much better than Osimhen. Looks smoother in his technique and movement.

Most probably out of our league unfortunately. Definitely going to take 150m+ to sign him in this market, could even be closer to 200m.

Big Willie

est Most probably out of our league unfortunately. Definitely going to take 150m+ to sign him in this market, could even be closer to 200m.

That's insane for someone with less than a year at the top level. But football has been insane with the likes of Caicedo going for 120m after just 9 months.