Arsenal are not resting on their laurels, looking to add a huge talent to their squad ahead of the second half of the season
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Arsenal are in talks over bringing a serious new signing to the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners are still unbeaten in the Premier League, beating incumbent champions Manchester City 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday to end a record of 12 straight league losses against their bogey team. Mikel Arteta's side were roundly praised for their game plan, as the Basque boss bettered his mentor Pep Guardiola for a second time in a row following August's Community Shield.
The result was all the more impressive given that Bukayo Saka didn't play and eventually matchwinner Gabriel Martinelli began the fixture on the bench – but one tactical tweak that Arteta made may have given a huge clue to the future of what his side will look like.
Arsenal ended a wretched record against Manchester City at the weekend (Image credit: Getty Images)
Gabriel Jesus featured out on the right wing for Arsenal, continuing a pattern of the Brazilian being deployed wide instead of centrally. The move is intriguing, given that TEAMtalk are now linking Ivan Toney with a cross-capital switch more strongly than ever.
The report claims that the "latest conversations between both parties [have been] happening as recently as a few days ago," with the Brentford striker expected to depart the club soon. Chelsea and Tottenham are also interested.
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Jesus is assisted at centre-forward by the likes of Eddie Nketiah and Kai Havertz as options through the middle, but the trio have managed a mere four goals this season in all. Leandro Trossard and Martinelli can both play there; Arsenal sold academy graduate Folarin Balogun in the summer.
Ivan Toney is linked with Arsenal (Image credit: Jacques Feeney/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
Toney is thought to be worth around £80 million to Brentford, having netted 63 in 111 appearances for the Bees after joining for just £5m from Peterborough United in 2020.
The 27-year-old is valued by Transfermarkt to be worth €35m.
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