There is a feeling that Eddie Nketiah will leave Arsenal this summer, but the question is whether Arsenal is overly ambitious in its asking price.
According to reports, the Gunners want to let him go for £30 million. Marseille, who have shown the most interest in him, have had three bids rejected, the third for roughly £23 million. Interestingly, some Gooners have begun to criticise Arsenal’s decision not to simply accept the offers Marseille has made, despite the club’s desire to let Nketiah go and sell him (remove his £100k a week wage from their wage bill), to boost our transfer kitty and make room for another striker.
You cannot express dissatisfaction over Arsenal’s poor sales and then lose your cool when bidders’ offers fall short of their asking price. We are in the era of PSR, and every million counts. Clubs must now be tough with their deals, or they risk losing points in the future, like Nottingham Forest and Everton did last season. We are supporters; let’s support the team while allowing the club’s decision-makers to make the proper and tricky decisions.
For new signings, the days of “simply paying the money” and “just accepting the fee” for sales are over. If we can sell Emile Smith Rowe for £34 million, we can certainly sell Nketiah for £30 million. Marseille may be the team that has stepped forward for him, but there’s every likelihood a PL side may step up interest, and it looks like it will depend on who fulfils Arsenal’s asking price.
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Considering Nkethiah game time and goals record last season, I think 30m is high for him. I am not sure any Epl club would want to pay that amount. 25-27M should be accepted. If he isn’t sold this season he is going to warm the bench and his value will diminish next season he will also add age. He won’t play ahead of Jesus & Havertz or a new CF
We continue to overvalue surplus players. How much did fullkrug sell for? Why would nketiah be worth more?!
I can’t wait for the window to close.
4 weeks till window closes and 2 weeks before season starts.
Should of bit their hand off. £23m is very good considering chavs got £33m for a present England international captained Chelsea. Regular starter. Just what they are thinking regarding Nkeiteah beggars belief. Perhaps CP sell a striker & a possibility to do a deal. Straight cash or player + cash.
He only had one year left on his deal, Nketiah has three
Agreed. Arsenal have an inflated view of the transfer value of a player who has never really cut it for Arsenal.
Arsenal needs to sell players – not only to raise funds (something they’ve generally been pretty poor at) but to free up space in the squad and on their overall wage bill (which is apparently creeping up after having been reduced substantially for a few years).
OM appears to be the only club interested in Eddie. However, I think Arsenal’s £30m valuation is just too high. Let’s be honest, Eddie’s been a bit player at Arsenal, certainly last season. More importantly, if other clubs agreed with that valuation, they’d be beating a path to The Emirates door, wouldn’t they. Where are they?
It’s all well and good saying “let’s keep him for another season” but to what end? Is he going to be our regular striker in 2024-25? Hardly (barring injuries, anyway). What then is going to change come Summer 2025? I suggest that nothing will except that – as others have said – Eddie’s market value will actually decrease as he’ll have had another year largely warming the Arsenal bench at a reported £100k a week.
Better less money in the hand than keeping on a player (at some expense) whose value will almost certainly not increase by doing so.
We hold the cards now regarding selling unlike regimes before. We don’t have to get ripped off every transfer letting people go under their value. Whatever you think of Nketiah he’s worth more than they’ve offered.
So what do we do if nobody offers what we value him, we know Arteta doesn’t fancy him so he’ll just be taking up a place in the squad and we’ll be paying him £100,000 a week for not playing.
I mean why is that any different than last season? I think the wage is irrelevant anyways none of the reports mentioned they want to offload him specifically for wage bill reasons.
There are four weeks left of the window, no need to panic. Other offers will come in for Nketiah. He is a decent striker who has shown he can play and score goals in the premier league.
Even if we do not sell this window, he is a useful squad player.
I understand the need to be mindful of balancing the books, but I do question the value of Nketiah by Arteta/the club. There isn’t quite the player in there, unlike ESR.
However, I do appreciate the points put forward that there is plenty of time for transfers to hot up
Noetic is better than ESR! The coaches know that!
* meant Nketia is better than ESR! The coaches know it!
Nketiah is worth every penny of the AR5EN4L value of him.
Gone are the days of selling for sale sake and its not like he is that underperforming having stood in the gap during the Jesus injury days.
Nketiah isnt a Pepe that would depart for almost nothing…
£30m is a good bargain from £35m.
23 million for a terrible player is not selling him for nothing
Ask yourself, would you pay 30 million to get Nketiah for your club?
I certainly would not.
23 million was a fair price for a 1 trick poacher who is an inconsistent in front of goal.
So you wouldn’t pay 30 million but would pay 23?
Realistically arsenal want to maximize their fee, Marseille couldn’t afford it so the strategy did not work
Anyways I’m sure one of the mid table clubs will be in for Nkeitah, he’s in his prime, English and looks like he ha more to give if given a consistent role.
Yes I would pay 23 million.
He has his moments, but not consistent enough and disappears too much in big games.
With some playing time he might end up being a decent backup for a mid table or lower table team.
He is “great” at nothing, and what is he even “good” at doing?
How much interest has been shown in him last 5 years?
I mean outside of Marseille within the 2-3 years theirs been reports of interest from West Ham and Palace (before he signed his last contract), typical mid-table level clubs.
I think he’s good at scoring goals, if he’s only being used at a substitute I doubt he’s showing off his skills to the fullest. He’s obviously not at the level where he can be a important piece of our attack but he still has some value.
Who knows maybe Arsenal will regret not cashing in for 23 million now, but frankly it would not suprise me in the least to see another team come in and have a deal done for 30 including bonuses.
Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. I would take 25 million and move on, same for Nelson.
We’re not desperate or in desperate need to sell him hence, is a simple logic. The position we are now is we’re only selling at what we consider the right price not what the opposite.
Considering the fact that the club is considering offers for Eddie and he’s also interested in the move, i would suggest we accept their next offer regardless if it meets valuation or not considering we have nothing to lose in the deal. I wouldn’t like a situation whereby a player is unhappy knowing the club prevented a move that he feels promise to enhance his career by more playing time which he isn’t getting here. And the club’s decision makers should know what that means long term, Ainsley’s situation comes to mind. I think Marseille are embarking on a good project, so i guess it’s fair to let Eddie go there given he is interested himself, and in De Zerbi they have a top coach to help him firing. Yeah, strike a deal if they come with any upgraded offer.
Interestingly, some would have criticized the club for selling below the least price of £30 like a previous article here suggested a couple of weeks ago. I would have criticized, so I’m happy with their decision as we are not desperate to let him go. Just look at what Chelsea are doing with their player sales, some even less fancied and proven than Nketiah. How many here laughed at Chelsea for been ripped off by City for Palmer, and Palmer was a huge gamble and unproven yet City115 got top money because they were not desperate to let go, what about Chelsea’s 18 year old unproven left back in Hall to Newcastle? He was sold for more than £23.
Club can set the price but ultimately its the market that decides the price. Arsenal can hold on to him but that won’t benefit anyone. He is not going to improve and his price will keep going downhill and above all he might be the stumbling block for us to get another forward. He is an average player on a high wage and most teams have to consider his wages when bidding. He could have fetched more if he was on 50k or something like that.
Eddie is easily worth 30 million pounds. There is no rush to sell him. I think he will improve this season with 1800mins in the EPL. I can see him scoring around 10 goals and 5 assists. Havertz, Jesus, and Nketiah are great options. We can win the league with them. TBH I don’t see a lot of CF options this summer that are low risk high reward. Maybe Alvarez. Sesko made sense for his price. Left sided CM is far more important. We need Martinelli back to his best.
I don’t just knw wat some fans actually want. If we sell cheap, they would complain. Nw we trying to prove to d world dt we re no longer d cheap club they used to knw, still they re still complaining. Av u guys forgotten hw Brighton treated when we wanted 2 sign caceido?.
Exactly, see Alvarez going for £70+ millions from City115 to A. Madrid
Alvarez should be a starter. U can’t compare Alvarez with nketiah, they are just too different. Alvarez would even start ahead of halvert if he were to be an arsenal player
Please get rid of Nketiah now!
If they want the player,they should be ready to pay the going price..
How much did we pay for Havertz,how many of us thought were ripped off?
If OM want Nketiah,they know what to do and if not let him stay..
I’m more than happy for Nketiah to stay if it means setting a precedent,we can’t be fleeced no more.
I suggest he be sold if Marseille should come back with another bid. If we miss out on selling him this summer, we’ll likely end up regretting it in the future. He is a player I have zero confidence in each time I see him starting a game or coming on as a sub, I see all his goals as just bonuses, doesn’t usually expect anything good from him.
Arteta’s tactics is killing Nketiah! Arteta love so many left footers being around the likes of Martinelli and Nketiah and that is killing there game!! We are not suppose to start more than four left footed players in our outfield positions as Spain did in Euros. Arteta is planning for 5 or 6!
If we can get Dani Olmo to directly play below Nketiah, Martinelli being at the left of attack, then Nketiah can give you more than 36 goals in a season. He still remains the only player to have scored hat trick under Arteta in a league game.
Very true Amos Promise, against Sheffield United in a 5-1 drubbing.
He also holds the England U21 goalscoring record.
So why aren’t other top clubs rushing to buy him?
I suggest it’s the chances he’s been given in the past that we’re unimpressive and have not gone unnoticed, along with the reported £100k a week salary.
There are 4 weeks left in the window !!
Last day of the window is when clubs will get desperate if they havent bought who they wanted and their fans (like ours ! will be impatient and moaning so Nketiah will go for the price Edu and the club wants I believe
So many players still to come on the market or back into contention – its the transfer window !
We should have sold him. Stupid keeping him. Then we could have got either Joao Pedro or Viktor Gyökeres. I am worrying that Arteta wants to ‘nearly win the league’, rather than have a great winning team He has to move to a “Winning” squad and not a nearly squad. C’mon Mikel get a real striker….preferably Gyökeres. Let’s win this thing.
Arsenal fans are funny. They complained about Arsenal selling their players cheap, now that Arteta will not sell for less than his valuation of of him, we are complaining he’s not selling cheap again. By the way, is Nketia that bad? He did so great when Jesus got injured 2 seasons back that for me it was a great error to have benched him for Jesus when he returned, the reason for bottling title chase then
I would rather they move Jesus on, get the Swedish guy and use Nketia as his back up.
After reading that Alvarez is joining Athletico for 80+ million, then I would be looking at more than 30 million for Eddie.
Eddie had more minutes and was more prominent in the EPL than Alvarez.
So if they are willing to pay big bucks for another back up striker… I would ask for similar as we have no replacement as a natural number 9.
We can value Nketiah at whatever we like but his true value is what someone will pay for him. We are asking far too much for a player, not used.
I am worried we are becoming a yearly, nearly team. If you want to be the best you have to sign the best. The season starts in under two weeks and we have ONLY signed Calafiori. “If things don’t change they stay as they are”….fact. We WILL NOT win the league just signing Calafiori. That is a Guaranteed Certainty. Wakey, wakey. “Cheap is dear” my old grandmother used to say. Buy the best.
Sean
Not sure when the window closes but we have enough time
I don’t have a crystal ball but petty confident we will sign a few more.
Problem is getting some out the door at a valuation that is acceptable to all parties plus FFP now play a major part in what teams do
For the past seasons I am more then happy we are actually competing a.d buying players even though some have been not to our expectations but you have to be realistic and expect some won’t be good enough as first team starters.
A nearly team i agree
I do expect us to win it this season but we are going up a team imo who are the best of the best.
Hi Alan. I find it a shame we haven’t done more business in the pre-season. Also there is only one aim this year and that is to win the league. We have to be better than Man City, whilst also blocking Liverpool, Chelsea and others. If we signed the right striker I think we would probably win the EPL. I want us to win it with all my heart and I have supported this great club all my life and I am now elderly. I hope that Mikel and Edu don’t become complacent or end up happy with 2nd, as Arsene was happy with 4th. If we spend on the best this window we can become a GREAT team again and will surely win the EPL. If we hold back though we will in no way overtake City. Cheap is dear….we are so close it would be so wrong not to spend what is needed.
Sean
You are older not elderly
A man who has experienced and seen the ups and downs of our great club
😃
Bet you remember when we bought Peter marinello . Big money at the time. Was going to be a world beater.
Didn’t work out…happens all the time
Like all of us on here we wish and hope the boys can see it through to the end this season
Onwards and upwards
Alan…….Nothing is guaranteed, except that doing nothing (or not enough) will ensure winning nothing. We nearly bought Louis Suarez years ago, but due to mean heartedness never got him. Do you reckon Suarez would have changed Arsenals performances?
Most definitely
As did alexis when he first rocked up
If anything we are past that tight stringy don’t pay the extra pound to secure the deal as proven with the rice deal.
Never in all my days would I have expected us to pay that amount but we did and so far the investment has paid off. May it long continue contrary to some here saying we are a buying team now.
It’s a nice feeling flashing the cash when for so many years we looked on from the outside in
Yep we spent over 100 mill on Dec Rice. What a great signing. If we stop now and don’t get the last two expensive pieces of the Jigsaw, we won’t have anything. I’ve seen it all before. We cannot have a quiet and non active transfer window and expect miracles. Hopefully the Kronke’s will pay what is needed to make us the new Invincibles. We are still a mile away. The premiership starts on August 17th against Wolves….less than two weeks and we’ve signed only one first team contender.
Definitely should have sold for £30M. Holding out for more is stupid and has now cost us the sale. He isn’t worth that much.
would accept and shift both EddieN and ReissN for around £20m each asap if we’re serious about getting Merino and a striker in before the start of the season.
The current horror story is the £30-40m rumour again about Raphinah – who didn’t do himself justice bfore in the Premiership and would not improve upon what we already have.. Unfortunately, it’s all turning into a typical Arsenal transfer window..