Al-Ahli are weighing up whether to make an improved offer for Brentford striker Ivan Toney, talkSPORT understands.
The Saudi Arabian club have already had one bid around £35million, including add-ons, rejected as talkSPORT revealed on Friday.
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Brentford are continuing to demand at least £50m, even though the 28-year-old is out of contract next summer and has made it clear he will not sign a new deal.
Al-Ahli are also in talks with Toney who wants a base salary of over €20m [£17m] with bonuses and accommodation allowance taking the total to double that.
Brentford left Toney out of their Premier League opener against Crystal Palace, even though talkSPORT understands the England striker wanted to play.
The Bees are still hoping one of the Premier League big-guns comes forward with an offer for Toney closer to their valuation before the transfer window closes.
The England striker is understood to have held talks with Arsenal earlier in the summer.
However the Gunners decided not to pursue a move at that time.
Al-Ahli were willing to pay £50m for Tottenham’s Richarlison, but he rejected a move to the Middle East.
This has seen them eye up a move for Toney, who may have already played his last Brentford game.
talkSPORT told you earlier in the summer how the centre-forward was attracting interest from the Gulf nation.
And Brentford boss Thomas Frank confirmed that the player could be on his way out of the Gtech Community Stadium prior to his side’s 2-1 win over the Eagles.
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He said: “A lot of things are going on with Ivan, especially with transfers, there’s a lot of transfer interest
“Because of all that, we’ve decided not to include him in the squad. I can’t give too much away.
“Of course, Ivan is a top player, he has been fantastic for us for four years but we showed last season we can cope without him.
“Is it his last game? Who knows. There is interest, it’s not close.”
And then when asked in his post-match press conference whether it’s a case of when, and not if Toney leaves, Frank stated: “That is fair.
“But let’s talk about how big of a loss he is when we get to that point.”
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