It doesn’t appear like any membership is but pushing arduous to signal Ivan Toney from Brentford this summer season. I think it would warmth up quickly, however I’m questioning whether or not there’s something extra to the reasoning as to why Chelsea, and different golf equipment, haven’t pushed for him but.
Chelsea have been inquisitive about Toney for fairly a while and have been about to make an method earlier than he obtained his ban. I’m positive there’s parts about these points which may put some golf equipment off.
His worth was additionally one other factor, and maybe his age. However we heard he needs to be gettable for £40m this summer season, which for me is an honest worth for a striker of his stature.
I’ve mentioned earlier than that I feel Chelsea want his profile on this squad – we don’t have a participant prefer it. Within the England recreation on Sunday, Toney confirmed precisely what he brings. Fairly merely, he’s an outlet, he’s a possession keeper, and he’s a bodily nuisance to defenders. He bullies them, he wins important fouls, and he wins important duels. That is what we’d like in our squad.
That’s even earlier than mentioning his important expertise and in addition, luggage of Premier League expertise and now worldwide expertise too. He ticks so many containers.
He got here on when England actually wanted him to do a job, and he did simply that, aiding Harry Kane and simply actually giving Slovakia an issue to cope with, far more than Kane did all recreation (apart from his purpose that he couldn’t miss).
Toney drops in to get on the ball however he additionally will get within the field on the proper instances. Chelsea needs to be throughout it, except there’s a deeper cause that we don’t find out about, as to why they’ve pulled away from him – and it higher not be due to his age! Possibly it’s an angle points, who is aware of. Simply bear in mind although, no one apart from Chelsea followers favored Diego Costa a lot both…..