Olympique Marseille is closing in on an agreement over personal terms with Eddie Nketiah, but they are not confident that Arsenal will agree to sell him to them.
The striker has struggled to establish relevance at Arsenal for several seasons, and reports suggest he may eventually leave this summer.
He is preparing for the new season with the Gunners, but talks of him leaving the Emirates are not going away.
Nketiah’s most serious suitor now is OM, and they have been in talks with the striker over the last few weeks.
They believe he can do a job for them, and Roberto de Zerbi wants him to lead the line for his new team.
La Provence claims Marseille is close to reaching an agreement over personal terms with the striker, who is eager to make the move.
However, the Ligue 1 club doubts that Arsenal wants Nketiah to leave in this transfer window.
This is because there is still a huge gap between what the Gunners want and what Marseille is offering.
They expect Arsenal to demand less and it seems to them that Mikel Arteta’s side is open to keeping the striker with them for another season.
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Nketiah has to leave so that we can sign a better striker because relying on him for another season could be disastrous.
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Marseille should pay the asking price! They are not getting him on the cheap! If it was a reverse they would want top Dollar.
If it was the reverse we would probably being paying double ,Marseille have every right to belittle us for payment ,any club will look at Laurel and hardy (Arteta/edu)when it comes to buying players .
Both 🤡 when it comes to selling (realising) players .
35 million for ESR 😂
What “asking price”?
Nketiah disastrous? Does the author watch football? Nketiah has scored huge goals for us against big clubs. He just needs consistent starts. He was the all-time top England youth international scorer for a reason. If Nketiah gets a good run of games and his confidence solidifies, he will absolutely terrorize defenders. He’s a better shot than Havertz, makes better runs than Havertz. I would be open to selling him for a good price, but let’s not sell ourselves short. For Nketiah, he’s a good player, needs to go where he’ll get games so he can enjoy his career and make his mark. Good lad.
As long as Eddy was in that team,they are winning nothing.
I don’t expect Eddie to be sold. He is very much part of the team.
He had at least a couple of good outings against Brighton when de Zerbi was manager so he obviously saw some things he liked a lot about Nketiah. I believe being a first year manager, de Zerbi will get the OM ownership to put up the necessary funds. I hope OM does believe we would be more than willing to keep him if our price is not met. That’s the kind of leverage needed when trying to sell players. Good luck Eddie.
Whoever wants Nketiah should be ready to pay good money for him. I would rather we kept him than sell for peanuts and then fork out a fortune to buy a mediocre of a replacement.
Nketiah is worth not a penny less than 40m.
Nketiah is one if the best strikers in the world that can go neck and neck with Haalland. The biggest problem is Arteta’s penchant for surrounding him with excess left footers. The likes of Nketiah, Nelson and Martinelli struggled under such formation.
Anytime you see Martinelli on the left; Nketiah as a top striker and Smith Rowe directly behind him as our attacking midfielder, as against Sheffield United, you’ll see the monster in Nketiah, especially if a left footed left full back like Zinchenko starts.
But the facts don’t bear that out, do they. If he is “one if the best strikers in the world” as you very optimistically suggest, why isn’t “the world” beating a path to The Emirates front door to sign him for a huge fee (never mind at the £40m or so reported, which doesn’t appear to be attracting too much interest)?
Interest in Eddie is, unfortunately for Arsenal, a “mole hill” compared to the “mountain” for Haaland whom you mention. Real Madrid would certainly pay well over £100m to get him. I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t for Eddie.
The problem with Eddie is the same as with other Arsenal players they want to offload, their price tag doesn’t match their performance and/or standing in the squad. You shouldn’t expect “top $” for squad players because you won’t get it.
Relying on Nketiah for another season will not be disastrous. He is a good player. If the right offer comes along, he can leave but not on peanut.