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title: "West Ham: McAvennie rues missed Ivan Toney opportunity"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-hammers-irons-frank-mcavennie-ivan-toney-moyes-peterborough/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Features"
published: "2021-10-12T12:35:09Z"
modified: "2021-10-12T12:35:09Z"
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# West Ham: McAvennie rues missed Ivan Toney opportunity

**Former West Ham United player Frank McAvennie has said that David Moyes made a mistake in not signing Ivan Toney for the Hammers when he had the chance.**

### **The Lowdown: Moyes admits Toney chance**

The 25-year-old has impressed so far for Brentford in the Premier League, scoring twice and providing two assists in his opening seven matches ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ivan-toney/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/251664)).

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Prior to the Bees’ 2-1 victory over West Ham recently, Moyes admitted that the Irons were interested in signing the striker when he was still at Peterborough ([via football.london](https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/news/west-ham-ivan-toney-moyes-21739732)).

### **The Latest: McAvennie rues mistake**

Speaking to [West Ham Zone](https://www.westhamzone.com/exclusives/frank-mcavennie-west-ham-and-david-moyes-made-a-mistake-over-ivan-toney/), McAvennie believes that the Hammers manager made a mistake in not capturing Toney’s services. He said:

> *“Both my teams were looking at him, Celtic and West Ham.*
>
> *“It’s one of those situations, there’s no future in the past.*
>
> *“He made a mistake, I don’t think he’ll make many. He’s one of these guys that when something happens, he will learn from it.”*

### **The Verdict: Missed opportunity**

Toney’s star has enjoyed a meteoric rise since he made the move to Brentford. Prior to this season’s impressive form, the [£28.8m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ivan-toney/marktwertverlauf/spieler/251664) ace [broke the goalscoring record in Championship](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12263086/ivan-toney-how-the-brentford-striker-broke-the-championship-scoring-record#:~:text=Brentford%20striker%20Ivan%20Toney%20broke,1%20win%20against%20Bristol%20City.) as Thomas Frank’s side earned promotion to the top flight.  The £5m spent by the Bees ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12060116/ivan-toney-completes-brentford-medical-ahead-of-move-from-peterborough)) now looks like an absolute bargain.

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West Ham have a fantastic striker on their books at the moment in Michail Antonio, of course, who has already found the back of the net [six](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/michail-antonio/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/104124) times in all competitions this season. However, he is the only striker available to Moyes, meaning the Hammers are light up top. Toney would have be a wonderful alternative to, or indeed strike partner for, Antonio, but now we may never know.

***In other news, [Brighton have competition in the race to sign this forward](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-hammers-brighton-mohamed-bayo-seagulls-david-moyes-the-london-stadium/)***