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‘Ideal replacement’ – Arsenal urged to seal Ivan Toney transfer to take over for Alexandre Lacazette this summer
BRENTFORD star Ivan Toney would be an ideal replacement for Alexandre Lacazette at Arsenal.
Former Spurs striker Garth Crooks reckons Toney, 25, would be a 'good fit' for the Champions League chasing Gunners.
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French star Lacazette joined Arsenal in a £52million deal in 2017 and his contract at the Emirates runs out in July.
The 30-year-old is now Arsenal captain and has six goals and eight assists this season, but he could leave on a free transfer and has been
Toney has impressed for the Bees this season and is their top scorer with 13 goals and three assists.
And pundit Crooks, 64, believes the 6ft 1in forward could fill Lacazette's boots.
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Writing in his , Crooks said: "I caused a bit of a stir on Final Score... when I suggested that Ivan Toney would make a good fit for Arsenal next season.
"I think they were slightly taken aback because they thought I might know something or have an inside track, but my comments were purely speculative.
"After all Ollie Watkins, a former Brentford striker, has made the transition at Aston Villa.
"Toney would be an ideal replacement if Alexandre Lacazette, for example, were to leave the Gunners in the summer.
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"Unlike Watkins when he transferred to Villa, Toney is already scoring goals in the Premier league and plenty of them - he has no transition to make.
"As for Brentford, if Arsenal do come knocking, the west London club may have no choice but to accept the money.
"Brentford have a habit of selling when a player is hot."
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