Gossip: Man Utd target Brentford star as Ronaldo replacement; Arsenal ‘boost’ in £80m chase

Manchester United are preparing for life without Cristiano Ronaldo, while Arsenal are given a ‘boost’ in their chase of a striker they neither need or can afford…

VICTOR-Y BOOST

Arsenal (or whichever other Premier League side you fancy really) have been ‘handed a boost’ through Napoli’s interest in Chelsea striker Armando Broja.

That’s because the Albania international is seen as a replacement for £80m striker Victor Osimhen, who’s been linked with a swathe of top European clubs, including Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool at one time or another.

HITC plump for Arsenal in the boost stakes, probably as they’ve most heavily been linked with the 23-year-old, but only go so far as to suggest Broja moving to the Serie A side ‘could interest Arsenal and their chase of Osimhen’. If indeed they are chasing him, which they almost certainly aren’t as they’ve already landed Gabriel Jesus this summer and don’t have a spare £80m to throw around.

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Broja is perhaps the more interesting case, with Napoli likely to have to beat off pretty stiff competition from West Ham, who are desperate to land a striker this summer, to score goals from November to May when Michail Antonio inevitably fluffs his lines.

TONEY TIME

Are Manchester United preparing for life without Ronaldo? They should probably be thinking about it, and are according to the Sunday Mirror, who claim they’ve entered a four-way race to sign Brentford striker Ivan Toney.

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