Arsenal will now start dissecting the 2023/24 Premier League season ahead of the summer transfer window re-opening.
Mikel Arteta, his players and the fans will still be hurting after missing out on the Premier League title on the final day of the season.
But Arsenal will be well aware that you have to enter near-perfection mode to beat Manchester City after they won four titles on the bounce.
Many would point towards one or two results this season for the Gunners. Their defeats over the winter period to the likes of Fulham and West Ham United.
Or those losses to Unai Emery’s Aston Villa. They were the only team to do the double over them.
But Arsenal fans will want the club to dip into the transfer market again and sign that much-talked-about striker.
Before the season started, this was a talking point. Arteta brought in Kai Havertz. And now those noises continue with the season finished.
Kevin Nolan thinks Ivan Toney could be heading to the Emirates and how he could be a ‘big plus’ for Arteta, as he told BBC Radio 5 Live Sport.
Sources have told HITC that Toney, who was banned until January for betting offences, will leave Brentford at the end of the campaign.
And Nolan, who was West United coach under David Moyes, thinks Toney could be the guy for Arsenal to get them over the Premier League title line.
Ivan Toney at Arsenal
“They will be really pleased with what they have done, the back half of the season as well,” said Nolan. “The amount of points. They didn’t drop many, did they?!
“That’s the biggest one (centre-forward in the summer transfer market). I think the recruitment is going to be massive. If they get a centre-forward in and the right one for them, then I feel that.
“I honestly think Ivan Toney could be a big plus for them. I think with what they have got in and around to have someone who can sort of give them something different. I think he could be the one. I know the money could be ridiculous.”
Ivan Toney’s Brentford form
There have been some who have suggested Toney is ‘world-class’. When he played the entire season last time out, he scored 20 goals from 33 matches.
As mentioned, he missed the first half of this campaign, and upon his return, he started scoring and enjoying himself again.
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But it was short-lived. He netted four in his first five matches. But February was the last time he found the back of the net.
That form is understandable because he has no rhythm and it will be interesting to see if Gareth Southgate names him in his final England squad for Euro 2024.
But the fact of the matter is, his form is out of the window and you question if that has affected his value or how those from the outside view him.
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