Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has now personally identified a £70 million forward as his signing preference over Brentford star Ivan Toney.
Will Arsenal sign anyone in January?
The Premier League title hopefuls, according to various reports in the last two months, have a few transfer targets in mind for the January transfer window and 2024 in general. Lesser-known names like Royal Antwerp sensation Arthur Vermeeren and Club Brugge star Andreas Skov Olsen have been linked in the past week, but Toney is a name absolutely dominating the headlines where Arsenal are concerned
The Englishman, who scored 20 league goals prior to his gambling ban last season, looks set to be one of next year’s hottest transfer commodities. Toney has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham in the past few weeks alone, with pundits like Arsenal legend Ray Parlour believing a new striker like Toney is desperately needed at the Emirates.
I do believe that is the position that Arsenal needs to strengthen,” said Parlour live on talkSPORT.
“But, it ultimately depends on player availability and financial negotiations to ensure it’s the right deal for Arsenal. Ivan Toney would be a great acquisition. Let’s wait and see how things develop.”
As well as Toney, Wolves forward Pedro Neto is another player attracting Arteta’s interest, with Football Transfers now having some news on both of Arsenal’s transfer targets.
Pedro Neto transfer update
Sharing a Neto transfer update, the outlet claims that Gary O’Neill’s star man is actually now a preferred target of Arteta’s. Indeed, it is believed that the Spaniard actually wants Arsenal to sign Neto more than Toney after being informed by club hierarchy of a limited budget. There is said to be confidence that their current crop of Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah can do the job up front, with Arteta being a long-time admirer of Neto as he looks to ease the burden on Bukayo Saka out-wide.
