Brentford Ready To Lower Ivan Toney's Price To Sell

Ivan Toney is empty of interest due to high prices (Instagram/@ivantoney1).

JAKARTA - Brentford is ready to lower Ivan Toney's price tag due to a lack of interest. Currently, there are only two clubs left who are still negotiating, but they are still tug-of-war.

The tough negotiation is because the Toney price is still high. Brentford asked for 50 million pounds for the England striker.

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are the teams that have withdrawn from the hunt. Everything has been explained to Brentford that they have no plans to make an offer to Toney anymore.

As a result, this situation made Toney ask the club to cut the price to more than 30 million pounds to make him sell.

As of July 19, 2024, Toney applicants live Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham. It's just a matter of how Brentford negotiates with the two clubs about the price.

You see, Tottenham did not make Toney a priority. The purchase of the Three Lions striker could have been made if Spurs could have sold Richarlison.

However, Spurs have an alternative. They can distract Lille striker Jonathan David if they don't find an agreement with Brentford. Moreover, David is only priced at 25 million pounds.

West Ham did the same thing. They prefer to fight Spurs to bring in David rather than negotiate tough with Brentford.

Previously, Brentford hoped to sell Toney at a high price after the striker returned from a gambling case sentence during the month.

Initially, Brentford priced 80 million pounds for the 28-year-old. However, it turns out that there was no offer for Toney during the winter transfer market.

The Bees were again surprised by the lack of interest this summer even though the Toney price fell to 50 million pounds.

Arsenal did not prioritize the signing of strikers this summer. Meanwhile Chelsea think Toney is too old for that big price.

Lalu, Manchester United telah merekrut striker Belanda senilai 36,5 juta pound, Joshua Zirkzee, dari Bologna.

Brentford's position is complicated by the fact that they have been planning Toney's departure for more than a year and have signed a replacement.

Brentford broke their record transfer by paying Club Brugge 31 million to land Brazilian striker Igor Thiago, in February 2024.

Manager Thomas Frank has also made a projection for the 2024/2025 season that he will not use Toney. Frank had difficulty accommodating the two strikers.

That's why Frank put Toney first on the sell list. The 28-year-old forward also expressed his desire to leave Brentford this summer.

Toney has repeatedly expressed his desire to join a top club that has a chance to win the 2024/2025 season trophy.

If no one proposes Toney until the summer exchange is over, he actually still has a contract for another season at Brentford.

Toney will leave The Bees in the coming summer on a free transfer.

However, he had to go through the 2024/2025 season because he was most likely marginalized by Thomas Frank.

Apart from that, Brentford supported Toney during the FA (British Football Federation) ban until January 2024. The striker was convicted of setting up more than 200 football bets.

The former Newcastle and Peterborough striker initially denied putting any bets. However, he changed the story and pleaded guilty at the FA trial.