There are numerous reports that Arsenal is okay with Eddie Nketiah staying at the club if other teams don’t meet their £30 million asking price. They claim that Mikel Arteta is perfectly content with keeping the Hale End star, and he wants to make it clear that he never had any intention of forcing him out of the club. So, do you think Mikel Arteta is really keen on keeping Nketiah?
With Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, and Gabriel Jesus, I think the Gunners have a solid attack. Even if they sell and don’t replace Nketiah, don’t be worried; they’ll still have an attack that opponents would dread, even Nketiah can score sometimes when we are in need of throwing every attacker on the pitch.
Nketiah is still moving on, which is the right decision for him. He’s got 15 goals and 2 assists in 34 starts for Arsenal; he’s not that prolific, so they should definitely consider letting him go. At 25 years old, the Englishman needs to play regularly if he wants to have a meaningful career, but otherwise we still managed to score 90 goals last season, and of course the same goes for Reiss Nelson, if no big enough offers arrive.
Arsenal’s statement about being willing to retain him could simply be a tactic to encourage potential buyers, such as Marseille, to meet their desired price. Arteta discusses the fine margins that can make all the difference at the highest level of competition. Maybe if Arsenal finds a better striker to replace Eddie, it could be the fine edge they need to win the league, or maybe just thinks Calafiori and Merino reinforcing the left flank, we will have already increased those ‘fine margins’.
There doesn’t even seem to be any serious rumours about Aaron Ramsdale moving on, and Zinchenko made a statement a couple of days that seemed to make it clear that he’s staying, so could Arsenal have in fact finished their involvement in this transfer window after Merino, and we will try and topple City by just keeping this squad intact?
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I’m starting to fear we are not getting the striker we need
To stay stagnant would be stupidity at it’s peak. To not improve ourselves would be ignorant. To not go for it after coming so closely second would be insane. Are Arsenal, our beloved, once again finish second? OMG!!!!!!
I thing there is a strong probability we will not bring in an out and out striker. Maybe, just maybe, a winger.
If so, the obvious question is: have we enough to beat City (it’s almost certain to be City in the mix anyway) to the PL title? I fear the answer to that is probably “no”, but if Arsenal can sign a striker and a midfielder then …
Why are you all acting like we finished miles off the champions. Sean, we have bought a 50 million pound defender is that not an improvement on a position that let us down last season? Did we not win 14 out of the last 16 games of the season ? Did we not register the most wins in a single season in our entire history ? Liverpool finished miles off us and they still havent acted in the window. City just sold a player who got 20 g/a last season the second most in there entire squad. Have some faith lads !!!!!
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Maybe I’m wrong, but as an elderly man, I see the need to really keep improving. Other teams will improve and we definitely have not improved our team much. If we don’t improve upon Nketiah and Nelson I don’t think we will challenge City. ‘Cheap is Dear’ is what I was taught. We all want the same thing….an Arsenal who are magnificent. We have the finances to invest, so why not do it and become the best? We want the same thing.
Because we were not good enough to be Champions last season
We had too many games where we never looked like scoring
Newcastle , Villa and Man City away
You have a world class striker that’s the difference between being Champions or not
With the best will in the world,Dan, Both teams were streets ahead of the rest and yes I do know that “we weren’t good enough “ in the literal sense but you are dismissing a very fine margin of difference to make it appear worse.
No I meant we were not good enough because we were not good enough lol
If I finish second in a race , I didn’t do enough to win did I
Artea said himself we should not accept second
We had a good season but Man City were better so how can we improve ….I think it’s a striker
Excellent to hear Dan
Newcastle was in the first half of the season when everything you said was relevant. Drawing at City is not a bad result. Read Fergies book !!! You beat your rivals at home and don’t lose away which we did. Now the Villa game, totally on Arteta if im being honest. Zero reason to move Havertz into the midfield and bring in Jesu upfront. I think Bayern thought they would be champions when they bought Kane.
Didn’t say it was a bad result
I said a top class striker gets you a result in a couple of games which gets you over the line
I think Man City thought they be Champions when they got Halland lol
So you think we don’t need a striker ?
Does a top class left back get us a result in a couple of games?
The more top class players mate the better
They where also champions with jesus
Okay lol ?
Like I said mate , if you think we dont need a striker that’s okay
You are comparing us with teams who have won major trophies not long ago, you can’t be serious!
Yes !
The aim now is to be Champions correct ?
Therefore you have to look at the standard set and go what do we need
In my opinion , the answer is a top class striker
We have this habit of devaluing our players a lot, even on social media. Why Will others value them? Just want to start pointing that out as I’ve seen it here a lot too. Not good enough for Arsenal does not mean not good enough for a lower club. I cited the case of Solanke in another article who is clearly in my opinion not good enough for Arsenal and his former employers Liverpool even now who let him, still, his club Bournemouth will not take anything less than £40m if any of the bigger teams come knocking. Just trying to make common sense. I want Eddie out too but not for peanuts. Arsenal is moving in the right direction now and to say we have not improved the squad is an obvious lie, we just added Calafiori, we may or may not add the top striker or forward player we want but we are in a position to compete again this season. City115 just lost Alvarez who will cover his goals? Arsenal’s current attack gave us the most goals ever in our EPL history. I want that striker like we all do and will support the club holding out for the right valuation of their player just as the other club we want to get from will obviously do.
So you agree
Eddie Nketiah is not good enough for the level we aspire to be so therefore we are not devaluing him
Agree he is not good enough and should go only for nothing less than £30m pounds, put it rightly.
Yeah he did score 5 league goals last season to be fair lol
But if no club is interested in him, he won’t be going anywhere – and that’s the point at the end of the day.
You keep making the same mistake – it’s not what Arsenal say that determines the “value” of any player they want/need to sell, it’s what any potential buyers say.
Try selling anything you need to sell – a football player, a car, a house, a book, anything- without following that rule.
Wow! Not what the seller says, really?
What are you even saying? It can go both ways, and stop saying what’s not true just to prove your right. Who determines the price of a player when there is a release clause? Hmmm!
I’ve sold surprisingly a couple of things I no longer need online with a price on them even above my real valuation incase someone decides to price down, some met my valuation when I refused to compromise, others didn’t and I had to come down, because I already added to what I will least sell for incase I got priced down.
The seller can determine the value of an item if in a strong position and not desperate, Arsenal is in a strong position and not desperate, Eddie is not asking to leave.
That would be a surprise?
I think we will get one forward. Because, nothing has changed in our forward line from last season, and Arteta has mentioned that we need to be ruthless in the box several times. And I doubt he plans to do it by just improving the players.
Daulat, I interpret his words differently to you my friend.
During last season, MA has often said after a game, words to the effect that he’s saying now, regarding being ruthless.
Look at the villa game as an example. We should have had that game settled in our favour in the first half, but we weren’t “ruthless” enough and that’s the area I think MA will work on…. and not, necessarily, with a new player up front.
I can’t find any official reference to any bids, unlike the one for Calafiori, where it was revealed that the club and player had agreed personal terms.
I do believe that we need a player who could offer us a plan B and that would be a forward, but let’s work on those chances we missed last season as well.
Yes, being ruthless is more of a mindset than the actual player you are. How many times do you see ( it’s happened with us ) a team 4 or 5 goals ahead at half time and then cruise the 2nd half and not score any more. Whether you are world class or not you need a certain mindset to be ruthless and that’s what Arteta has to instill in the players.
We’ve seen unexpected transfers happen before, often without any prior rumors. Arteta has two main options to enhance our effectiveness in the box: either bring in more clinical forwards or adjust the tactical setup to create more chances and diversify our attacking avenues. This could boost our goal tally without necessarily changing the forward players.
Last season, our attack was predictable, with teams focusing their defense on our right side. By signing Calafiori and potentially Merino, we’ve theoretically addressed this issue, making our attack less predictable and likely increasing our goal-scoring opportunities without needing to upgrade our forwards.
However, I suspect Arteta has something up his sleeve. He never reveals his plans easily. Fingers crossed!
Romano just said Marseille are still considering Elye Wahi and Nketiah as their next target, after signing Moukoko
I bet Nketiah will get another suitor soon, because £30m is a very decent price for him
After Arsenal sell him, I’m sure they’ll approach their targets quickly
I agree. Selling Nketiah will give us sizeable funds to help towards getting a quality forward
I think it’s very important if we want to win the Premier League (so is getting Merino or equivalent)
True. Unfortunately, Arsenal have said “no” to the only club interested enough (so far, anyway) to actually make a bid for him.
All we can hope for is that another club may be interested. Even so, there’s no guarantee of course that they will bid as much as, let alone more, than OM.
Please just get rid of Nketiah.
Lol Emile….I agree…..getting a top striker and Merino will no doubt enhance our squad…not only will it show ambition and intent but it will also significantly add to depth and overall quality of the team…I feel we will still play second fiddle to City if we don’t reinforce in those two positions
It would show a lack of ambition to walk away from the transfer market After we sign a central midfielder I believe we will sign a right winger that’s my opinion Ideally I believe Arsenal wanted top-tier quality added to the left-wing forward and a top-tier striker but the market is the market
The thing is all this points back to Eddie, the manager may want to keep him for any reason known to him. But Eddie will remain on the bench for the entire season and he as a player will remain frustrated.