Images abound this morning from England’s penalty success last night. Apart from the usual relief / celebration scenes as we rattled in five faultless penalties there was an interesting snapshot of Jarrod Bowen and Brentford Striker Ivan Toney which has predictably caused one or two fan sites to claim there’s ‘Agent Bowen’ doing his best for the Claret and Blue cause and helping with the recruitment.
On the face of it there would be a lot to get excited about with the prospect of Toney bolstering the attack for the Hammers next season: Kudus, Bowen, Ivan T. and Paqueta (fingers crossed) would cause many a sleepless night for most premier league defences.
However opinions are deeply divided about the Brentford front-man who has just one year left on his contract and therefore is a fast-depreciating asset. Rather than wait a year I’m sure his club would rather cash in before then than lose him on a ‘free’ in 12 months time anyway: The player does seem to have indicated he wants to leave.
Comments on our own forum vary from ‘I’d love him in the team’ to ‘massively overpriced’- so, pretty similar to Marmite, nobody seems to have a ‘meh’ opinion ( in the language of my kids) – you either love or loathe the idea of bringing the 28 year old, 1.85 metre centre forward to East London.
As far as other clubs are concerned, all seem to fall into the latter category as one by one, suitors appear to be falling by the wayside – probably simply the quoted price. Maybe this will fall the deeper we get into the transfer window with no bid materialising.
Whatever your opinion, FIFTY MILLION QUID seems outrageous – and quite beyond our post-Kilman kitty. So, I’ll stick my neck out and hazard a guess that it’s pretty unlikely he’ll be joining us. 2/10 In my humble opinion – I’m sure you have your own thoughts? If I’m wrong I’ll be the first to hold up my hand and admit it- I’ll even agree to wear a TONEY personalised replica (hair) shirt for the whole season providing I can stump up the eighty odd quid that a replica strip demands these days.