Possible £70M signing ‘will win Arsenal’ title – Gunners told target will cost £50M – Arteta drops transfer hint

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Arsenal will have to fork out between £50-70million if they want to sign Wolves star Pedro Neto.

Over the course of the summer transfer window – ARSENAL done some of the best business in the Premier League and signed players that will make them serious contenders for that Premier League title.

The likes of Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Davud Raya and Jurrien Timber have all made their own impacts at the Emirates since the move over the summer, but Mikel Arteta wants to keep adding to his side in the coming transfer windows, which has led to reports Pedro Neto is wanted.

Arsenal reportedly admire the forward and see him as being able to provide competition for places up front, and after his impressive start to the new Premier League season, he is a man that Mikel Arteta wanted next.

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According to reports on the Football Insider website, Mikel Arteta has told the Arsenal board that Pedro Neto is a man that he would like to add to the side, to give the attack a little more goal threat.

But according to Wolves Honorary Vice-President and club legend Steve Bull, the Gunners will have to pay some serious money in order to get a deal done for the Portugues star.

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID – 

‘He’s absolutely flying at the moment, and if it was up to me, I’d pen him down for another five-year deal and pay him what he wants, because I really do think he’s that good. The talent and skill he’s got, it’s unbelievable.

‘The understanding he’s got with his teammates now, as well… it’s really good to see. He set up the goal against [Aston] Villa and it was basically a carbon copy of the one against Luton from a couple of weeks ago; it’s all coming from Neto, basically.

‘He gets to the ball quickly, takes his man on, he got the goal against Luton but against Villa it was Hwang [Hee-chan], bang, goal. He’s a tricky, tricky player.

‘Will Wolves be able to keep him? I really don’t know. I think Arsenal are probably the only side he’d go to. Liverpool and Man United have got lots of options in that area

‘But it’s probably the only position on the pitch for ARSENAL which needs strengthening, because they’re lost on that right-hand side when Bukayo Saka isn’t playing. They looked lost against Man City on that side without him.

‘Look, fingers crossed Wolves can keep him and build the team around him, starting in January. But I am worried he might go, if I’m being honest. I don’t know how much he’d go for, though.

That @pedrolneto7 x Hee Chan Hwang combo 😍 pic.twitter.com/ylJGnqx1Zn

— Wolves (@Wolves) October 8, 2023

‘I’ve seen Ruben Neves go, I’ve seen Raul Jiminez leave, you see some of the fees these days… I’d put Pedro Neto somewhere between £50-70m, definitely.

‘The talent he’s got… he’s capable of scoring, creating chances for both himself and his teammates, he’s so skilful, he’s got the pace. To slot into that Arsenal side, I think it’d be easy for him.’

IVAN TONEY CLAIM MADE – 

Pundits Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane urged Arsenal to sign a striker in the January transfer window.

The Gunners spent heavily in the summer transfer window, breaking their own transfer record to sign Declan Rice from West Ham for a fee which could eventually rise to £105 million, while Goalkeeper David Raya, defender Jurrien Timber and the versatile Kai Havertz took Arsenal’s spending over the £200m mark.

According to TEAMtalk, ARSENAL are favourites to land Toney as they look to add a notable striker to Mikel Arteta’s squad, and the 27-year-old is believed to be a “huge fan” of the North Londoners.

This has “put Arsenal on the front foot in discussions” to sign the England international ahead of rivals Chelsea, and both Carragher and Keane have opened up and told the Gunners to make sure that a striker in signed this January.

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID – 

Carragher said: “I don’t think Arsenal can win the league with the squad that they have got right now. I think they would need to add to it in January.”

Keane added: “They can win the league, but they do need a striker. The players you are talking about coming in, gives Arsenal that physicality. It’s great when you watch a team that can play with the ball, but is also physically strong.

“You have seen [Manchester] City get stronger over the past couple of seasons, at set-pieces are huge. They need those physically strong players to get them over the line.”

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ARSENAL have been making some great signings over the last couple of transfer windows, but they are lacking that one striker that has the ability to score goals for fun and Toney could be that man.

If they sign the powerhouse, they will win that title over Man City.

ARTETA DROPS HINT – 

Mikel Arteta has hinted ARSENAL are not in position to sign a new striker in January amid all the rumours that they are interested in signing Ivan Toney.

The Gunners spent heavily in the summer transfer window, breaking their own transfer record to sign Declan Rice from West Ham for a fee which could eventually rise to £105 million, while Goalkeeper David Raya, defender Jurrien Timber and the versatile Kai Havertz took Arsenal’s spending over the £200m mark.

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Toney is currently serving an eight-month ban for breaching betting regulations but will be available to play again come the turn of the year, and the 27-year-old stepped up his preparations ahead of his comeback with a goal in a behind closed doors friendly,

It is widely believed that ARSENAL will be one of the clubs that potentially make an offer for Ivan Toney in the January window, as Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus are simply not enough to score 20 goals a season.

But Speaking ahead of Sunday’s summit meeting with Manchester City, Arteta was asked whether he needed another striker and said: ‘We believe in the players that we have first of al.,

‘Because we have the resources that we have secondly, and at the moment we feel we are covering that position.’

Meanwhile Brentford Boss Thomas Frank was delighted with the behind-the-scenes return of Ivan Toney:

‘It was so good (to see him back playing),” the Brentford boss said.

‘I spoke with him just before he went on the pitch and said to him: ‘enjoy it’. (he said) ‘I will’ – and you could see he would really enjoy it, to just get out there and play football.

‘It looked like he enjoyed it. He does what Ivan does – scored a goal. It was very good to see. He was happy after.’

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