Ivan Toney is a player in demand, with Leeds United, Arsenal and Everton reportedly among the clubs interested in the Brentford striker.
Arsenal, Leeds and West Ham United want to sign the £30 million-rated striker this summer, according to a report in TEAMtalk in March.
Earlier this month, The Athletic claimed that Everton are planning to make a bid for the 25-year-old.
The striker may have failed to make a huge impact when he was at Newcastle United, but he has been superb in the lower leagues in England.
Toney has scored 32 goals and provided 10 assists in the Championship this season.
The 25-year-old is a big reason why the Bees could get promoted to the Premier League.
Toney scored 24 goals in 32 games for Peterborough United in League One in 2019-20.
Leeds, Arsenal and Everton all could do with a new striker this summer.
Patrick Bamford is the only senior number 9 at Leeds, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti needs competition for Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has had a disappointing campaign.
Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan cannot believe that clubs did not sign Toney when he was at Peterborough.
Ex-Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Danny Murphy has responded by saying that it is because he is “not aesthetically pleasing”.
Jordan said on talkSPORT (11:22am, May 24, 2021): “I can’t understand why no one fancied him because I think his goalscoring record at Peterborough was phenomenal.”
Murphy responded: “Because he is not aesthetically pleasing. He doesn’t look free in his movement, but he scores.”
Toney scores goals, and any team in the Premier League would be better with him in it.
Ollie Watkins has shown for Aston Villa this season that strikers from the Championship can succeed in the Premier League.
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