Eddie Nketiah (14)

[VCC]

Leeds United have been offered the chance to sign former loanee Eddie Nketiah this summer, with Arsenal wanting £20m for the English centre-forward, 22. (Football Insider)

That was a waste of a phone call.

[Salibatelli]

Pretty much, he went there and Bielsa never played him!

There’s a distinct lack of common sense at Arsenal these days

[theHotHead]

The comedy show Live At The Emirates is still going strong I see .....

[KG3]

a new contract?!

Please tell me that's just a smoke screen to encourage offers!!

It’s depressing being an Arsenal fan these days, Nketiah is the type of player we used to sell and within a few years he’d end up in the championship and everyone will forget about him.

Here we are trying to hold on to someone that wouldn’t even make the squad for City’s/Chelsea’s under 23s, just shows how far we’ve fallen really

[Ach]

West Ham are, according to The Arsenal Lounge, ready to battle Bayer Leverkusen for Eddie Nketiah.

A highly-rated 22-year-old striker is expected to leave Emirates Stadium this summer, but it may be that he heads across London and joins the Hammers.

[alexafc12]

New contract makes sense.

We're not getting more than £10m for him this summer.

Extend his deal. Send him on loan and sell for £25m next summer.

[Dejan]

West Ham are, according to The Arsenal Lounge, ready to battle Bayer Leverkusen for Eddie Nketiah.

A highly-rated 22-year-old striker is expected to leave Emirates Stadium this summer, but it may be that he heads across London and joins the Hammers.

highly-rated? who rates him apart from jay?

[theHotHead]

Even Jay stopped rating him ........

[jayramfootball]

Even Jay stopped rating him ........

Potential is still there, but he failed to step up.

Nketiah's xG per 90 is 0.45, which was the 3rd best in the squad behind Lacazette and Martinelli, ahead of Auba, Pepe as the other forwards.
His xA per 90 was 5th best in the squad, ahead of Auba, Lacazette, Tierney, Saka.
But, he only played 405 minutes all season in the PL, so it's impossible to know whether he could maintain those numbers over a season.

Most of his PL appearances were for short periods (but even then he managed to score the winner against West Ham and save us from losing against Fulham). I am aware we have some world-class tactical geniuses on this forum and top-level scouts that can work it all out ( ), but the reality is we know no more this summer than last as to whether Nketiah can carry his lower-level form into the PL consistently. He simply didn't get enough of a run in the team. Maybe Arteta just saw enough in training to know he was not ready, maybe it's just he didn't want to take the risk and hoped Auba would shake off his poor form.

But, bottom line is that I wanted him to score 15-20 goals minimum across all competitions this year and he only scored 6, so he doesn't have my support, thus selling him would be the best option if we got an offer of 15-20m. Anything less and it is better to give him a new contract, loan him out and sell later.

[Highbury Hillbilly]

They're just recycling the January links to WHU now. He's been offered a new deal, and I'm not sure he'll leave, especially if Laca goes. He'll still be ahead of Balogun in the pecking order.

[Paddy]

Even Jay stopped rating him ........

"He was in good form between january 2020-may 2020"

[jayramfootball]

Even Jay stopped rating him ........

"He was in good form between january 2020-may 2020"

I can recall saying that Arsenal were on good form from Jan - May 2021 - because they were and it's recognised by pretty much everyone.
Can't recall anyone talking about 2020 or Nketiah being on good form from Jan-May 2020.

Swing and a miss for you.If you insist on being silly, at least try harder.

[thebigbangtheo]

From the outside looking in through mildly obscured glass and having no data regards their proposed transfer targets or direction their shiny new manager intends to take them regards style of play, Crystal Palace as they were strike me as the team best suited to make the most of Nketiah's attributes and the nature of his game.

Christian Benteke does not possess a great deal of expansion to his game in that he couldn't slalom past five players after winning the ball on the half-way line to slot it home reminiscent of a certain number 14, or juggle the ball from one foot to the other in evading a challenge before leaning it into the postage stamp reminiscent of a certain number 10. However, he IS capable of bulleting home a header from the edge of the box or a flick-on to set up his strike partner to smash it home reminiscent of an Alan Smith, Lee Chapman or Niall Quinn.

And that's where Eddie comes into the equation, as I feel as though he could be the perfect foil to Benteke in forming a deadly partnership in South London reminiscent of Bright and Wright, Quinn and Philips or Hesky and Owen.

To further sweeten the deal for both parties I would propose a bundle or package offer of £25M to include Reiss Nelson, as the prospect of Zaha and Nelson supplying for that front two could prove rather appealing to the Eagles and hopefully lay the foundations for a future transfer reunion with Eberechi Eze.

[Arsenal Tone]

From the outside looking in through mildly obscured glass and having no data regards their proposed transfer targets or direction their shiny new manager intends to take them regards style of play, Crystal Palace as they were strike me as the team best suited to make the most of Nketiah's attributes and the nature of his game.

Christian Benteke does not possess a great deal of expansion to his game in that he couldn't slalom past five players after winning the ball on the half-way line to slot it home reminiscent of a certain number 14, or juggle the ball from one foot to the other in evading a challenge before leaning it into the postage stamp reminiscent of a certain number 10. However, he IS capable of bulleting home a header from the edge of the box or a flick-on to set up his strike partner to smash it home reminiscent of an Alan Smith, Lee Chapman or Niall Quinn.

And that's where Eddie comes into the equation, as I feel as though he could be the perfect foil to Benteke in forming a deadly partnership in South London reminiscent of Bright and Wright, Quinn and Philips or Hesky and Owen.

To further sweeten the deal for both parties I would propose a bundle or package offer of £25M to include Reiss Nelson, as the prospect of Zaha and Nelson supplying for that front two could prove rather appealing to the Eagles and hopefully lay the foundations for a future transfer reunion with Eberechi Eze.

He's not physical like Benteke though. His hold up play isn't on a par with Smith, Quinn or even Hartson. If we want that sort of player in the squad then we should take a chance on Onuachu (who I have never seen play btw).

Edit - sorry completely misread your post lol

[Ach]

New Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira is considering a raid on two of his former clubs Arsenal and Nice to sign Eddie Nketiah and Kasper Dolberg, according to The Sun.

Gunners forward Nketiah is believed to be available for around £20 million ($27m).

Dolberg meanwhile, who Vieira signed for Nice from Ajax during his time in charge of the French side, is valued in the region of £25 million ($34m).