Following strong speculation around the future of Brentford star Ivan Toney, talkSPORT's Gabby Agbonlahor urged London clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotpsur to go in for the Englishman, with the belief the striker wants to leave this summer.
But the left-back refused to rush into a decision - issuing Chelsea a week to come up with their own offer before he accepted the Gunners' proposal.
"They wanted to wait, I was letting my contract run out, and they said it would be cheaper that way. So I ended up meeting George at Highbury."It was just me, a 22-year-old kid, a young, single guy who liked to have a few nights out, and didn't look at guys as charming. "He said to me I can have a three or four-year contract, but it won't go up. And I said, 'Well what about even with inflation?'
"And I'd seen Colin Pates go from Chelsea to Charlton, he was our captain at Charlton, to Arsenal, but be stuck in the reserves and not really be seen. "So I kind of told a porky, I said to him, 'I haven't got an agent', which was true, I said, 'I'm here on my own, my dad's away on business for a week', which he wasn't, 'Do you mind if I wait until he comes back and have a chat to him?'Minto joined Hawksbee and Jacobs with the FA Cup trophy to look ahead to his former club's mammoth game against Man...
"Literally that night, I met with Chelsea, they offered me a better contract, but it wasn't about the money, it was more about the football, and I signed then.
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