Chelsea, Man Utd urged to make Toney move
FT Desk
- 22 Oct 2022 17:55 BST
- 3 min read
Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United have been urged to turn their attentions towards Brentford ace Ivan Toney.
Toney is taking the league by storm this year, having netted eight goals so far.
That haul has helped Brentford to the comfort of mid-table, with their star striker netting just under half of their 18 strikes.
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But the player has had to reach the top the hard way, slogging through the lower divisions before finally breaking through in League One Peterborough.
Toney hit 49 goals for the Posh, prompting Brentford, then in the Championship, to take a chance on the former Newcastle United trainee.
Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony was a big fan of Toney during his time at the club and believes the time is right for one of England's biggest sides to snap him up.
United and Chelsea pushed to sign Toney
“I’ll say this. Is there a better number nine at Chelsea? Is there a better number nine at Man United?" MacAnthony told The Hard Truth podcast.
"Then let me ask you a question. If you were Man United and Chelsea and you can go and write a cheque for £100million and buy a player from Holland or a player from France and Italy and give them a year-and-a-half to acclimatise, are you going to write a cheque and buy one of the top three number nines in the Premier League, who is not even in the prime of his career?”
“If Liverpool had owners who would write that cheque, I would happily have him in Liverpool’s team, like that.
The proof is in the pudding, he’s promoted to the Premier League with a team that’s not fancied to stay up, he’s one of the top three goalscorers in the Premier League in a team that, again, is not a favourite to be top-10, top-12 in the Premier League.”
