{"id":1336051,"date":"2023-12-27T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1336051"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:48:05","slug":"stuart-pearce-ivan-toney-arsenal-value-for-money","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/stuart-pearce-ivan-toney-arsenal-value-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Pearce questions whether &#8220;outstanding&#8221; Ivan Toney will be value for money for Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stuart Pearce has questioned the financial wisdom of Arsenal signing Brentford striker Ivan Toney.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old marksman is currently serving an eight-month ban after breaching the FA&#8217;s betting rules and will be able to feature in a competitive game from 17 January 2024 onwards.<\/p>\n<p>Toney had until that moment played 66 times for Brentford in the Premier League subsequently netting 32 goals.<\/p>\n<p>His present deal with the West London outfit expires in June 2025 but there are reports he could exit the club during next month&#8217;s winter transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>If a departure comes to pass expectation is Brentford will receive a hefty compensation package, \u00a380m has been touted with Pearce wondering if that makes sense for the Gunners, who have been heavily linked with the one-time England international.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friday night vibes ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NzH5SRav9l\">https:\/\/t.co\/NzH5SRav9l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ivan Toney (@ivantoney24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ivantoney24\/status\/1581064916881928192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The big thing is, the age of Toney might come into consideration,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1848854\/arsenal-news-ivan-toney-mikel-arteta-exclusive\">Express Sport<\/a>, in association with Prime Video. &#8220;People want value for money. He is certainly, before he was laid up, he was firing particularly well and did brilliantly for Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s an outstanding player, but whether what it would cost to get him out of Brentford is value for money, I don&#8217;t know. Brentford will want top dollar for him, having sat with the player for the best part of nine months without him kicking a ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart Pearce has questioned the financial wisdom of Arsenal signing Brentford striker Ivan Toney. The 27-year-old marksman is currently serving an eight-month ban after breaching the FA&#8217;s betting rules and will be able to feature in a competitive game from 17 January 2024 onwards. 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