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Chelsea have been told to rather spend an enormous amount of money on signing an established striker like Brentford’s Ivan Toney, than on another youngster.

The Blues have continued to struggle in the attacking end of the pitch despite bringing in Nicolas Jackson from Villarreal during the summer transfer window.

The Senegalese has managed just three goals across all competitions since his arrival, and fans are starting to grow impatient with him.

Chelsea are reportedly considering signing a new forward player in January, and Toney, who is currently suspended until mid-January is a player that has been linked with the Blues the most.

Journalist Dean Jones, has urged Chelsea to sign Toney, as he said Nicolas Jackson can’t be trusted.

Speaking on the rumours, journalist, Dean Jones told GiveMeSport: “It’s a good value deal [Santiago Gimenez for £40m] and there’s no doubt that will have some appeal, but from what I understand, they would look for somebody more established. Whether that’s in European standing or in terms of having Premier League credentials, they want one or the other.

“I think it’d be a massive risk to bring in another player that the fans have little understanding of, and little expectation of, because it’s just too hard for players to live up to it.

“They’ve already got in Nicolas Jackson, a player of promise, he’s got that. I said from the moment he came in, he’s a good signing, but he cannot be trusted to be Chelsea’s main source of goals because he won’t deliver enough. There’s no history of him scoring enough goals at a high enough level to show that he can carry the burden of being Chelsea’s main number nine. And we’re still in that situation right now.

“I think that Chelsea’s temptation will be to go and spend almost double that amount on Ivan Toney, rather than take another punt on somebody actually fixing their problem.”