£100m player could join Arsenal in January if the stars align

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Ivan Toney to Arsenal is the transfer rumour that just won’t go away.

The Brentford striker has been linked with a move to the Emirates for months at this point, but there’s been some doubt cast over this move in recent weeks.

Indeed, there’s been a lot of chat about the fact Arsenal may not be able to afford this deal, while in an interview with Sky Sports, Toney has suggested that he’ll be staying at Brentford until the end of the season.

However, speaking on the Sky Sports Transfer Talk Podcast, Dharmesh Sheth has now given his verdict on this move.

Sheth did concede that this deal is very unlikely, but he did not that he doesn’t think this one is impossible if the board and the management at Arsenal all agree this deal is worth doing.

Toney move not impossible

Sheth shared his verdict on this move.

“If you look at what’s happened with Arsenal, I know we have spoken about FFP already, and the David Raya deal in the summer was a loan with an option to buy which effectively becomes an obligation. It was in Brentford’s interest to do that deal in that way, but Arsenal couldn’t pay that transfer fee at that time. If you think about what’s happened with Raya, you can’t envisage a situation where Arsenal can go to Brentford and say here’s £100m for Toney. I’m not saying it’s impossible because if Arsenal see Toney as their long-term target and agree at board and manager level that he’s the one they want for the long-term, is it impossible to do a deal in January? It’s not impossible, nothing is impossible, but it’s very unlikely,” Sheth said.

Never impossible

If the transfer window has taught us anything over the past 18 months it’s that nothing is impossible.

These huge clubs can always find a way to restructure and refinance certain deals to make them work, and if Arsenal truly do want to sign Toney this month, they will go all-out for him.

Of course, whether or not Arsenal do come to this conclusion remains to be seen, but this story is certainly one to keep an eye on in the coming weeks.