Man United and Chelsea make decision on signing Brentford and England striker -Report

Man United and Chelsea make decision on signing Brentford and England striker -Report

Manchester United and Chelsea have both shown Brentford that they are no longer interested in signing Ivan Toney this summer, reports say.

After serving an eight-month betting ban, Toney has been linked to moves to some of the Premier League’s biggest teams.

After the lengthy layoff, the 28-year-old failed to regain his peak goal-scoring form, but he did play a key role in England’s run to the Euro 2024 final, helping Harry Kane score a penalty in the shootout victory over Switzerland and setting up the game-winning goal against Slovakia in extra time.

Toney has made it clear time and time again that he wants to leave Brentford for a big-money move, but three possible suitors have reportedly withdrew from the competition, according to The Sun.

According to reports, Toney has scored, and Arsenal, Manchester United, and Chelsea have all stated that they will not be making offers for the player.

The west London outfit valued Toney at more than £70m this time last year but a lack of interest has seen that figure drop to around £50m.

London rivals Tottenham and West Ham remain interested in Toney, who came on for the final few minutes of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain.

Arsenal and Chelsea could yet bring in some new attacking talent this summer but are believed to be looking at players with different profiles to Toney.

United’s need for attacking reinforcements has decreased after they completed a £36.5m deal for Bologna forward Joshua Zirkzee.

But ex-Old Trafford star Paul Ince wants United to bring in another ‘top striker’ and named Toney as a player he would love to see arrive through the doors.

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‘They’ve got to strengthen a lot this summer,’ he told Ladbrokes.

‘When you look at a team before pre-season starts, and you start identifying where you might want to strengthen, you don’t want to make wholesale changes.

‘You know, you want to keep the core of the team. But when you look at Manchester United, they need at least seven players, arguably in the starting XI.

‘Raphael Varane is gone now, Lisandro Martinez has been injured pretty much all season, so there’s an issue there; can he compete for 40 or more games per season?

‘We’ve got Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who we’re trying to sell. Luke Shaw has spent a lot of time out. Casemiro is going to move on, and we still haven’t found that holding number six.

‘Antony hasn’t been performing, so do you get someone in to replace him? Marcus Rashford hasn’t been at his best, and Rasmus Hojlund is still a young striker.