Transfer: Why Arsenal could fail to sign Arteta’s top target – Ray Parlour

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Transfer: Why Arsenal could fail to sign Arteta’s top target – Ray Parlour

Arsenal legend Ray Parlour has suggested why the Gunners could fail to sign manager Mikel Arteta’s top transfer target, Ivan Toney, this January.

Toney has been heavily linked with Arsenal this winter transfer window.

The Englishman is yet to play this season after serving an eight-month ban for breaching Premier League betting rules.

Reports had claimed that Brentford have slapped a £100 million price tag on Toney, who has just over a year left on his contract with them.

“I don’t think Arsenal will pay £100 million, so that is out of the question,” Parlour told talkSPORT.

“Brentford can’t afford to lose their main man. I know they have not had him for a while, but look at the table; they have got to be worried. They are only four points above Luton in the relegation zone.”

He added: “He could be the man who comes back in and scores the goals that keep them in the Premier League, which is worth a lot more money than taking a fee now because they will still get brilliant money in the summer.”