Manchester United involved in Premier League striker to switch Ronaldo

Manchester United are believed to be involved in signing Brentford striker Ivan Toney as a alternative for Cristiano Ronaldo.

After Ollie Watkins departed for Aston Villa in the course of the delayed summer time switch window in 2020, Brentford required contemporary legs to switch a person who netted 25 objectives in 46 Championship outings final season.

The participant the Bees settled on was Ivan Toney, whom they signed from League One outfit Peterborough.

Toney had notched 26 occasions in League One throughout the earlier marketing campaign, a formidable return.

However few have been seemingly anticipating the 25-year-old to show fairly as prolific as he has since been within the Championship.

Throughout 45 appearances within the English 2nd-tier, Toney has discovered the web on 31 events, in addition to offering 10 assists. He additionally scored two in three because the Bees received the play-offs.

This was adopted by Toney having a really strong debut marketing campaign within the top-flight final trip.

He would web 12 and help 5 throughout 33 outings for Brentford as they fought off relegation.

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Now, the Mirror have reported that the 26-year-old Brentford striker has attracted critical curiosity from a number of Premier League golf equipment, with Manchester United, Newcastle, West Ham and Leeds all eager.

It’s added that United are involved in signing Toney as a alternative for Cristiano Ronaldo.

By way of a possible charge, the striker is presently valued at £32m by Transfermarket, however given how integral he’s to Thomas Frank’s facet, you’d assume that Brentford would demand a good bit greater than that to half with Toney.

Nonetheless, if United do promote Ronaldo, they’ll save a good chunk of change from the Portuguese’s astronomical wages, which they may then put in the direction of Toney.