Mikel Arteta urged to swallow pride to secure Arsenal signing after X-rated rant

“All week we have prepared, we have looked at everything, we want to play as much as possible,” the Arsenal manager began, as witnessed by the

“I insist here, and this is great, but what is going to make the difference now is what happens in both boxes. Before I go, because it’s still in my stomach, and I have managed to keep it in my stomach for six months. This is Toney’s tweet after the game when we played them at Brentford.

“You know what he did, you know his tweet? ‘Nice kickabout with the boys’. So, today they play in our house guys, and there is only one team on that f****** pitch. Only team, they don’t play, we take the f****** ball, we take the game and we go for it. Let’s win this f****** game let’s go.”

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Arteta’s side won their next two matches against the Bees with a 3-0 away victory earlier this season prompting Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes to take to social media shortly after full-time and repeated, word for word, Toney’s original tweet.

However, despite their turbulent history – Arsenal have been urged to make a move to sign Toney by their former playmaker Merson. The idea would be provide more competition to Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah in attack.

“I don’t see too much difference between him and Jesus, I don’t, but if I was Arsenal, I would take him,” Merson explained on Sky Sports on Saturday. “I would take him. He suits Arsenal down to the ground. Sometimes you cannot go long with Jesus, but you can go long with Toney. He is good in the air.

“He has got a very good brain, Toney. He can see a picture. He is not Harry Kane, but he can do a Harry Kane job where he can come off the centre-halves and he can pass through and he can find a pass and he is tidy.”