December 12th 2023.
Paul Merson has brought up Ivan Toney's potential January move to Chelsea, given their current goalscoring woes. The Blues have only managed six goals from Nicolas Jackson all season, and three of those came in the same game against a nine-man Tottenham.
With reports suggesting that Chelsea will try and address this lack of goals when the transfer window reopens, Toney has been linked with the club. However, Merson is wary of whether the Brentford striker will adapt well to life at Stamford Bridge.
“It is a lot of money and I do think he is a really good player, but he hasn’t been at a top club yet. There’s so much scrutiny playing for the top clubs,” Merson said in his column for Sky Sports.
He went on to explain the difference in pressure at a top club compared to a lower league team, pointing to the media attention on Chelsea after their loss to Everton. “Let’s take the weekend. Brentford lost to Sheffield United. What page was that report on? You hardly heard about it. However, Chelsea lost to Everton and it is headline after headline.”
Chelsea have also been linked with Victor Osimhen, with former Blues player Pat Nevin urging the club to consider selling Mykhailo Mudryk to fund a move for the Napoli striker.
The club would have to pay an immense fee of £80 million to Brentford to secure Toney, and it is yet to be seen if they will be willing to invest such an amount in the January window. It is clear that the Blues are on the hunt for a reliable source of goals and the coming weeks will reveal whether they decide to pull the trigger on either Toney or Osimhen.
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