Current striker tells Chelsea target which club to join in 2024 | OneFootball

One current striker still playing the game has told another current striker which club he should join in 2024, and Chelsea have been heavily linked with wanting to sign him.

But Chelsea are not the only club interested in snapping him up either in January or in the summer.

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I am of course talking about Brentford striker Ivan Toney, who looks like he could even be leaving the club in the winter transfer window, with both Chelsea and Arsenal named as two of the most interested clubs right now.

And another striker formally of the Premier League, Troy Deeney, has offered his advice to Toney on what move he should make next.

The current Forest Green Rovers forward believes Toney should join Chelsea’s project and be the main man there. Deeney says Toney will get the opportunity to be the regular number 9 at Chelsea, at least much more than he would at Arsenal.

“Ivan Toney has two options if he leaves in the January ­window — Chelsea or Arsenal,” Deeney wrote for The Sun.

“My advice to him would be to join a project where you fit like a glove — and that would be Chelsea.

“Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino’s biggest problem is still a need for an out-and-out striker. After £1BILLION of spending, where are his 20 goals coming from consistently? So, what is another £100million to them? That’s the going rate for a top player nowadays, and I reckon Brentford would accept £80m plus add-ons.

“Some may argue Chelsea as a club is a circus. Why would any player, especially one who has been out for a lengthy period, want to get involved there as they hover around mid-table with no European football? But elite strikers have this different sort of mindset and arrogance. Ivan will look at that team, that situation, and think: ‘Let me show you why I am the Guv’nor.’

“At the age of 27, he will also see a highly talented, young squad at Stamford Bridge that in the next two to three years, could go on to be a real force.

“… At Chelsea, there is a hole, a void, a chance for him to go and deliver instantly at a massive club, and a style that is much more direct and angled around a main man up top.”