Leicester target Brentford’s Ivan Toney as Jamie Vardy’s successor

According to

,

 are on the hunt for

striker,

, to inherit

’s position since the latter just recently celebrated his 34th birthday.

Signing Toney would not mean fully replacing the

Player of the Season in Leicester’s 2015-16 title-winning campaign, but the team hopes to take precautionary measures considering Vardy’s age.

Eventhough Toney joined

in 2015, he was eventually loaned to several League One clubs before earning a deal with Brentford.

If Toney’s move was set to happen, the 24-year-old will be the third Brentford player after

's

and

's

to join a Premier League side.

Leicester currently have

as Vardy’s replacement in their times of need, but they are still convinced that they could find a better player to take their star’s place.

So far Toney has scored 24 goals in 31 appearacnes for his second placed Championship side.

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