He will go to Saudi. Motivated by money, as evidenced by him already being rich but wanting more by gambling.
Ivan Toney Pt.2 | Signs for Al Ahli
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By PL standards he's not rich, his current deal stems from when he was a League 1 and Championship player
OK but by societies standards, he is wealthy. And wants more. It is just a job.
IF we can sell Sancho to Chelsea today on permanent deal then should try and sign him. Looks like they are in for Osimhen so could be opportunity.
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By societies standards absolutely, by PL standards he’s one of the lowest paid proper players in the league, and let’s be honest, pretty much everyone wants more, even Bruno was desperate for more this Summer. Rooney, Rio and Keane have been famously desperate for wanting more even when filthy rich.
20k a week apparently
He’ll make it up when he signs for Chelsea tomorrow else gets a mega deal as a free agent next season.
And the rest of society are the same, we all want more!
Nooooooo
Osimhen and Toney upfront.
Is that really necessary against rubbish defenders?
Is that really necessary against rubbish defenders?
£40m is a very good deal.. far to good a deal for us to get involved with.
Eh? I said “if” multiple times there.
And I’ll still maintain, if Chelsea come in with 30m now and Toney insists he’s only interested in Chelsea, they’ll sell him for that.
Brentford are desperate to make money off him so they have likely been crossing their fingers that no-one else fancies him & that Saudi is his only option.
Gonna be quite telling if not a single PL club fancied him.
Absolutely not surprised, and thought our name was just being used anyway.
Surely both Toney and Osimhen don't both end up at Al-Ahli
Why not? They have money to literally burn if they wanted.
For all the talk about Toney, and many here advocating spending 60m plus on him at the start of this window, it’a gonna be very telling if not a single top PL side fancies him despite Brentford drastically reducing their asking price on a weekly basis.
Strange to seem them both leaving european football considering the shortage of decent strikers these days.
Toney's looking at his only remaining chance for a big payday so fair enough. I hadn't realized he was on 20k a week. But Osimhen is only 25 so it seems an awful waste of a career.
Osimhen will most likely reject them for Chelsea
I'm not sure Chelsea need to pay up, they can't seriously ask him to take a pay cut to join them
Toney would get a massive payrise at a top PL club too in fairness, but it’s clear now that none of them want him. Hardly surprising in that case if he wants a massive raise on his 20k /week.
Always a shame though when he should be in his peak, but most players don’t wanna risk going into their final contract year even if being a free agent can be lucrative.
Got to also factor that he is being offered generational money in Saudi, will be able to take care of his kids and grandkids, he hasn't had years of earning Premier League money during his career. £40m is decent enough but we have definitely lost out on some money thanks to his ban. The best striker I've seen at our club but won't go down as a club legend unfortunately. Much rather see him go to Saudi then have him play against us if I am honest. Still think he is underrated by a lot of people on here.
What is ‘generational money’? He gets paid in small bills with the head of Lionel Messi printed on them, or is it some sort of euphemism for a pension scheme?
Personally I think he was overrated in financial terms by Brentford
So not overrated in talent then?
Money that can be used to benefit future generations of the Toney clan....
Personally I don’t see anything special but that’s my opinion and I know everyone will have a different opinion.
Re my first point though, at one point Brentford were saying 100m, then 80m then at the start of the summer 60m
Yes but what you put out in the public domain is not going to be reflective of a price you will accept in the end - given the contract situation no sane person was going to believe we'd get £100m for him. I still think £40m is cheap though and at that price I think United and Chelsea are mad not to bite. Edit - or even arsenal.
Look at the prices United are paying 40m+ is high end players. Toney isn’t that. There’s a reason only Chelsea are sniffing around. The others possibly all think that the package to sign him is not financially feasible or he’s not as highly rated by others that you think
In a market where strikers are in short supply why is everyone passing by him?
£40m for his guaranteed goals is great business. Feel like clubs in the Premier League are aware of something we aren't which has stopped them moving for him.
That most of his goals are penalties and he scored only 4 times since he came back from his ban.
£40M? I'd have taken him here all day long for that
Agreed.
People keep saying he guarantees goals. The word guarantee is a bit of a stretch no?
At 25m less than Solanke Spurs should definitely have gone for him
Absolutely. With the lack of penalties United get given now, the goals would be far from a guarantee here.
He will also want very big wages I imagine for these perceived guaranteed goals.
Yeah don't let the facts get in the way of a good story
I've had three significant run-ins with gambling addictions in my life. One with an employee, two in extended family. None of them turned a corner for good.
Wouldn't touch him with a barge pole.
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