The summer transfer window has only just closed, but Chelsea’s desperate lack of goals means that rumours about us signing a forward are only being ramped up.
Talksport are today running an exclusive about our interest in Brentford forward Ivan Toney. They say we are “confident” of securing a deal for the striker in January.
It will apparently cost us £60m – not too bad if he can bring guaranteed goals.
The twist in all this is that Toney is currently suspended because of his betting offences, and has only just returned to training.
It’s not clear if he will have lot a little sharpness by being out for so long, or if in fact it means he will be extra rested and extra fresh for the rest of the season.
Still, given we have just 5 goals in 5 league games so far, it’s hard to imagine us not at least taking a punt if he is indeed available at that price.