Journalist Dean Jones has tipped Chelsea to sign Ivan Toney in January. Chelsea were heavily linked with Toney in the recent past. Though, the Brentford striker is facing a ban until January owing to betting charges on him. However, a move away from The Bees is looking immiment in the upcoming transfers. Jones told GiveMeSport that the Blues are more likely to spend big than take a risk on another young star. Chelsea are already struggling with the likes of Nikolas Jackson and Armando Broja as striker options.
Jones tip Chelsea to look for a move to sign Ivan toney
Dean Jones has spoken about Chelsea looking for a new striker as,
“It’s a good value deal [Santiago Gimenez for £40m] and there’s no doubt that will have some appeal, but from what I understand, they would look for somebody more established. Whether that’s in European standing or in terms of having Premier League credentials, they want one or the other.
“I think it’d be a massive risk to bring in another player that the fans have little understanding of, and little expectation of, because it’s just too hard for players to live up to it.
“They’ve already got in Nicolas Jackson, a player of promise, he’s got that. I said from the moment he came in, he’s a good signing. But he cannot be trusted to be Chelsea’s main source of goals because he won’t deliver enough. There’s no history of him scoring enough goals at a high enough level to show that he can carry the burden of being Chelsea’s main number nine. And we’re still in that situation right now.
“I think that Chelsea’s temptation will be to go and spend almost double that amount on Ivan Toney, rather than take another punt on somebody actually fixing their problem.”
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