20 Jan 2023 08:47:20
I have a friend whose nephew works at VP I pick up snippets from time to time not always reliable which is why I don't tend to share on here but I am sharing this one as it sounds plausible to me.

Apparently the striker Emery wants is Toney, whilst Brentford are willing to do business apparently not until the summer, the hierarchy are nervous re the betting issue and would like that resolved before paying big money. The club wanted to hold onto Ings until the summer but he was unhappy about his lack of game time and was pushing for a move. The club are willing to invest in a striker but not big money as they see any purchase now as purely a stop gap until the summer.

Thoughts?

1.) 20 Jan 2023
20 Jan 2023 10:17:39
Proven goal scorer but not sure about they grey cloud hanging over him, I’d hope it was all done and dusted by then.
Backup goal keeper is another area I’d like to see sorted out.

2.) 21 Jan 2023
21 Jan 2023 01:28:27
A couple of years back, I suggested we should have bought Toney from Peterborough when he was snapped up by Brentford, but apparently we didn’t want to delve down two divisions (didn’t do us any harm with David Platt). Today there was an article outlining the best bargain youngsters of the last 12 months including Leeds golden boy Gnonto, reported to have been bought for around £6m. We seem to have been bleating on about our academy system, whilst not blooding many of them, and simultaneously not snapping up some of these hidden gems that everyone else’s recruitment teams are on top of. I’m sure Emery’s team will bear us more fruit ?

3.) 21 Jan 2023
21 Jan 2023 20:00:08
Toney would be an unbelievable addition LOTM - I think him and Watkins would work really well together as well! Probably talking 50-60M for him?

4.) 26 Jan 2023
26 Jan 2023 19:30:08
Man's a liability, I would pass.