The Red Devils and the Blues advised that they consider signing English player Ivan Toney “another level” if they plan to splurge on another striker.
What did MacAnthony say about Ivan Toney?
Premier League clubs with Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford currently find themselves short-lived to powerful and proven No.9s, both of whom have struggled to find value in that department through recent transfer windows. It could be that they are looking again in 2023, with Peterborough chairman Darragh McAnthony seeing Ivan score 49 goals for his club over two seasons before moving to Brentford in 2020 – suggesting west London could potentially there is a £100 million frontman.
Irish Football Chairman Darragh MacAnthony said: “I’ll say it. Chelsea have a better number nine? Is there a better number nine at Man United? Then let me ask you a question. If you’ve been Man United and Chelsea and you can go and write a check for 100 million pounds and buy a player from Holland or a player from France and Italy and give them a year and a half to acclimate, are you going to write a check and buy one of the top three number nine in the Premier League who is not even in the prime of their career ?”
According to MacAnthony, if the Reds had owners writing this check, he would gladly take him to the Liverpool team, like that. Darragh says the proof is in the pudding, Ivan Toney is promoted to the Premier League with a team that doesn’t want to stay on top, he’s one of the top three goalkeepers in the PL on a team that, again, is not the favorite to be top 10, top 12 in PL.
A little about Ivan Toney
English striker Ivan Toney scored 31 goals for the Bees as they won promotion from the championship in 2020-21 and went on to register 20 efforts in top flight as top international recognition with England comes his way ahead of the 2022 World Cup.