Thomas Frank has delivered Arsenal a blow with reference to their pursuit of striker Ivan Toney.
The Brentford supervisor performed his first pre-match press convention because the opening of the winter switch window, and it was understandably all about Toney.
The England striker is because of return from a ban for playing breaches in time for his or her subsequent Premier League match on January 20, however he’s the centre of consideration for different causes too.
Toney, who managed a whopping 20 league targets final season, is the topic of loads of switch hypothesis, with each Arsenal and Chelsea heavily-linked to the ahead.
Together with his present deal expiring in 2025, now is perhaps the time to money in, however Brentford’s worrying lack of targets suggests in any other case.
Supervisor Frank was requested how a lot cash it might take to prise the £80million-rated striker away, with the 50-year-old insisting Toney goes nowhere in January.
“If I ever may advocate that, and it’s not for me to say sure or no, that’s Phil [Giles] or Matthew [Benham], it might must be unbelievable, so he’ll keep right here,” he mentioned.
Including extra on his star man, the Dane bluntly mentioned: “I don’t suppose I’ve had one press convention the place I haven’t been speaking about Ivan Toney within the final 12 months.
“So sure you’re greater than welcome to speak about Ivan, he’s a improbable individual and a improbable participant.
“He’s a Brentford participant, he’s right here, clearly we miss just a few offensive gamers so I can’t see why we’d promote him and I’d like to have him right here for an extended time.”
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The injury-hit Bees boast the worst present kind within the Premier League with 5 straight defeats.
Subsequent up is Wolves at house within the FA Cup, and Frank is assured that his crew can flip issues round with a bit of little bit of luck.
He defined: “It’s about perception within the work we do, perception in the best way we do issues, perception within the gamers, analysing what we have to study and the important thing areas alter a bit.
“We checked out some offensive stats to interrupt the half season down and I feel aside from precise targets all the pieces has gone up.
“Extra large possibilities, extra pictures on the right track, larger anticipated targets in comparison with final 12 months, extra possession, extra crosses, all the pieces extra, simply precisely the identical targets.
“It was the identical factor with the defence, a number of it was extra optimistic, the one factor was we’d in all probability conceded a bit of extra anticipated targets towards, however final 12 months we have been unbelievable, we have been among the many greatest.”
