Arsenal is keen for Eddie Nketiah to leave this summer as the Gunners target a new striker.
Mikel Arteta’s side has given him chances to become their leading striker, but Nketiah has not proven to be good enough for their team.
The striker has struggled to capitalise on the opportunities given to him, and Arsenal is now expected to pursue another top striker.
The Gunners have several names on their radar, and if a new forward joins, the chance of Nketiah wearing the Arsenal shirt again is slim.
Olympique Marseille is the club showing the most interest in his signature, and the French side is hopeful he will agree to join them.
Football Insider reveals Arsenal is open to facilitating the move as soon as possible and is willing to lower their asking price.
They understand that setting a realistic asking price for Nketiah’s signature is necessary to secure a deal, and they are prepared to do so.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Nketiah has been one of our struggling players, and he needs to leave the club this summer to get game time. Otherwise, he might waste the peak years of his career on our bench.
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At the moment, I have not seen any signs that we have become better at selling our unwanted players for decent money. But it is still early.
I don’t know our asking price for Nketia, but if we get 25 million we are lucky IMO.
Sadly, we failed to sell Lokonga and have to settle for another loan move.
If Arsenal wants to sell any of the five or six players they need to in this window then they’ll have to put more realistic valuations on almost all of them in my opinion.
For example, there’s no way Arsenal will get anywhere near the £50m it’s reported that they’re looking for in respect of Ramsdale. He’s a second-choice keeper for goodness’ sake!
Arsenal have been, and continue to be, very poor sellers on the whole and the biggest reason is they want too much for too little in many cases.
In modern, continental-wide, transfer markets there’s almost always an alternative somewhere so holding out for an unrealistic price – particularly for what appear to be “average” players – hardly ever works. It certainly hasn’t for Arsenal. Perhaps there should be a sign in the relevant Arsenal office – “Cut prices and sell!”
It is hightime we understand that selling players is not only about the transfer amount but the wages that will be freed in order to accommodate new signings.
Do you even know how much wages those guys cost us without kicking a ball if we eventually don’t get any club to take them off our books because of high valuation.
We also need not to blame Arteta for not playing them because every match is now turning to must WIN and what will he do if they don’t do well enough to progress in cup competitions.