Chelsea will have to splash £160 million to sign target

Chelsea are among the clubs that have been linked with moves to sign Brentford star Ivan Toney.

It looks like Chelsea will have to break the bank to sign Toney as the reports claimed Brentford have placed a price tag of £160m for Ivan Toney.

Toney is set to make a comeback to professional football on January 17 after he served an eight-month suspension for involvement in betting-related offences.

Since signing for Brentford in 2020, Toney has scored 63 goals in 111 appearances and earned his first cap for the England national team under Gareth Southgate.

Chelsea are in need of a new striker aside from Nicolas Jackson and Armando Broja who failed to score goals with consistency this season.

However, Delaney added that “Chelsea need to make considerable sales to meet Profit and Sustainability rules before even considering such an outlay, and it is believed that the race for Toney may actually become a race to see who can raise the necessary funds first.”