There has been no secretes that Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea both needs a new striker in this summer transfer window and both the teams want to sign the same striker.
Striking position is not great at Chelsea currently as they finished their last season with just one proper striker Nicolas Jackson, the only natural striker they had last season in their first team and the kind of performances he gave made Chelsea more desperate to sign a new striker.
On the other side, Tottenham sold Harry kane at the begging of last season and the striker moved to Bayern Munich, It was a huge transfer where Tottenham earned a lot of money but they did not used it to buy his replacement, till today they have not signed his replacement yet and the absence of the striker was seen in the team last season.
Chelsea and Tottenham are looking at the same striker to sign
Viktor Gyokeres is an option for both Chelsea and Tottenham, but he is not their first priority, there is an another striker that they want to sign.
Brentford striker Ivan Toney is the striker that both clubs want to sign, there is no secretes from Chelsea side as there were reports last year too that they wanted to the sign the striker, but the Blues were unable to sign the striker last season but the interest for the striker has not decreased.
Even the striker wanted to join the Blues last season, but now the striker have changed his mind and he is now looking to join Tottenham, according to the player, he liked the sporting plans of Tottenham better and the Spurs form is currently better than the Chelsea.
According to some reports from Brentford camp, Ivan Toney wants Tottenham Hotspur to present an offer to the player and to the club and he wants to them to lead the race to sign the player and sign the player before the current transfer window ends.
The 28 year old striker was not at his best form last year and not only that he also lost eight months of football because he was suspend for eight months.
Last season, he only played 17 games in the premier league, and scored four goals in those 17 games. There are no reports that claims Chelsea have back down in order to sign the striker as the player wants to join Spurs, The blues are ready to fight with Spurs for the striker.
Chelsea must try to sign the striker
His last season was a disaster, but despite that he is still a very great striker, a striker with a lot of potential, he has now scored 32 goals in his first two seasons of Premier League with Brentford combined.
Not only that, the Brentford manager Thomas Frank in an interview has named the England international as a world class striker, a world class player and a world class penalty taker and we have already seen that how good of a striker he is and how well does he penalties.
English international striker Ivan Toney is now in the final year of his Brentford contract, the English striker is looking for a new club and Chelsea would be making mistake if they did fight for the player and let him easily go to join their rival Tottenham in this summer transfer window. Both the teams need a new striker and both of the clubs should fight to the sign the player as he can be a game changer for any of the club.
He is currently 28, and it might be a problem as club’s owner might not approve the transfer as he is not a young striker and also because of their transfer policy but still there is very big chance that Chelsea will do everything to sign the striker.
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