Arsenal are in talks over bringing a serious new signing to the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners are still unbeaten in the Premier League, beating incumbent champions Manchester City 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday to end a record of 12 straight league losses against their bogey team. Mikel Arteta's side were roundly praised for their game plan, as the Basque boss bettered his mentor Pep Guardiola for a second time in a row following August's Community Shield.
The result was all the more impressive given that Bukayo Saka didn't play and eventually matchwinner Gabriel Martinelli began the fixture on the bench – but one tactical tweak that Arteta made may have given a huge clue to the future of what his side will look like.
Gabriel Jesus featured out on the right wing for Arsenal, continuing a pattern of the Brazilian being deployed wide instead of centrally. The move is intriguing, given that TEAMtalk are now linking Ivan Toney with a cross-capital switch more strongly than ever.
The report claims that the "latest conversations between both parties [have been] happening as recently as a few days ago," with the Brentford striker expected to depart the club soon. Chelsea and Tottenham are also interested.
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Highbury legend Ian Wright has talked up the move, claiming that the England international is the missing piece in the puzzle for his former side, who have lacked firepower from their traditional strikers in recent weeks.
Jesus is assisted at centre-forward by the likes of Eddie Nketiah and Kai Havertz as options through the middle, but the trio have managed a mere four goals this season in all. Leandro Trossard and Martinelli can both play there; Arsenal sold academy graduate Folarin Balogun in the summer.
Toney is thought to be worth around £80 million to Brentford, having netted 63 in 111 appearances for the Bees after joining for just £5m from Peterborough United in 2020.
The 27-year-old is valued by Transfermarkt to be worth €35m.
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