Marseille’s insistence on signing Eddie Nketiah in this transfer window looks like it will pay off, as the French club is close to meeting Arsenal’s demands.
Under Roberto de Zerbi, Marseille expects to challenge for the French Ligue 1 title this season and has been shopping in the Premier League.
They have already added Mason Greenwood to their squad and want to make Nketiah a member of their team.
The striker is out of favour at Arsenal and risks falling further down the pecking order at the Emirates if Arsenal signs another striker, as some reports suggest.
Sky Sports confirms that he has already reached an agreement on personal terms with OM, and the French club is now close to meeting Arsenal’s demands for his signature.
The report claims their latest offer is worth around £17 million, which is close to what Arsenal wants.
Talks will continue, but OM now seems closer than ever to adding him to their squad.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Nketiah is struggling for relevance at the Emirates and it might be a good idea to offload him to OM now.
They have tried to reach that figure and we should consider the offer, otherwise, we could be stuck with him, which will prevent us from signing another striker.
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I just read on another Arsenal-related site, Le Grove, a strong opinion titled “EDDIE AT 17MILLION IS A DISGRACE”, and I agree entirely with that view.
Marseille paid nearly 27m for Mason Greenwood and they are here offering peanuts for a former England youth international striker!
I repeat what i said elsewhere on JA that rather than sell Nketiah for peanuts, we should keep him for another season, give him more playing time to improve on his stock.
I’d be very sad if we let him go for anything less than 30 – 35 million.
Can you pay £30 – £35 million for a player of Nketiah calibre?
What do you mean by his calibre exactly? Cos pple are paying more for players worse than him. It’s a shame many fans want him to leave. He’s not a hotshot but I bet if he gets a run of games he will easily reach double figures. Our current strikers that are getting all the games are not exactly lighting things up. If Arsenal sell him for less than 25M, we should insert a buy back clause.
Why would The Arsenal insert a guy back clause, if they were happy enough to sell him for £25 million?
Buy back clause!!
I thought guy back clause was better Ken😊
Arsenal most not sell him less than 30m
You are right 25million plus buy back or sell on clause is about right.
So in your thinking, Mason Greenwood is £10m better than Nketiah.
Great thinking!
This is actually meant for Timothy
CorporateMan
Wasn’t Greenwood’s stock much higher than Nketiah’s before his disgrace?
I agree with you that £17m is insulting but if Gallagher is worth £32m ish to Athletico are we deluding ourselves that EN is worth anymore than £30m?
Sue,
Callagher is in the last year of his contract; Eddie has 3 to go on his. Doesn’t that count for anything?
Eddy has had enough time to become a proper striker for Arsenal , another year would be a waste of space for a better striker to be deployed .
My view is he can be disposed of at whatever anyone is willing to pay.
Get a high profile personality who will compensate for the loss with jersey sales
I agree. Let’s take into account that 1 more year doing the odd cup games is going to cost us £5.2m ( €6m ). Get whatever we can. Gallagher is going for around €35m & he was Chelsea captain on numerous occasions last season & missed only I game. Add in he was in the England euro squad the money Marseille offered & want to pay is-to me- about right. So…bye Eddie good luck & thanks.
Selling Eddie for a greater fee requires an English club to bid. That’s ultimately what would raise his market value. The reason OM are lowballing is that there is no competition for Eddie’s signature. They have secured personal terms, which also gives them an advantage. Ultimately – Arsenal will be negotiating for a higher fee – and as we saw in the pre-season match against Liverpool, Eddie was used which means we don’t take the offer seriously. Unlike ESR, when he was pulled out of the squad when the Crystal Palace deal was on the table. Let’s be patient and see how this pans out.
Arteta gave Eddie his run at regular games while without Jesus in recovery from his knee surgery. He is a workhorse for the team, always has been, but sadly isn’t consistent enough when in front of goal. Given a full season I just can’t see him scoring double figures above 20. He may become a more clinical finisher and rounded player but with the pressure on Arsenal to push for trophies he isn’t at the level the squad needs in the here and now. Should the club keep him on for another season and try to give him more playing time to boost his stock like one of the suggestions? That’s certainly an idea but in my opinion not a risk worth taking when the squad is need of a proven, free scoring natural striker and bringing one in under FFP means letting fringe players go. I wanted Eddie to do well at the club and there are sparks but not quite ready to carry the front line. Where ever he moves the club will benefit from his character and enthusiasm. I also believe he does need to play regularly to improve his game and see if his full potential can be unlocked but again, Arsenal right now cannot afford the luxury of time and as a player Eddie needs to do what’s best for his playing career. Should we let him go in this window then I wish him all the best and hope he can do bits for the club who invest in him.
I hate the fact that Arsenal always sell players for peanuts .
we got way more for ESR than i thought we would, while adored by Arsenal fans the facts are ESR hardly did anything for at least 2 years, £35m is top dollar
didn’t we get some very good money for Trusty, Turner and Balogun last summer too, those players are just not all that and to get best part of £60m for them is outstanding business
the other thing is that only a few clubs outside the PL have money, selling to second string teams in lesser leagues they just don’t have the financial firepower – PL have over inflated prices
I understand the frustration in some of the posts here, but can we please get away from this false assumption of a direct comparison that because Player A sells for £X millions, Player B must therefore be sold for £Y millions.
Transfers don’t work like that. Why? Because no two transfers are alike. Players are more or less experienced, their skill levels are different, their wage and other demands will be different as well. It all depends upon what the (potential) buying club is looking for and how good a fit the player on offer is. At the end of the day a player is only “worth” what another club will (ultimately) pay – regardless of who paid what for someone else.
Arsenal needs to sell Eddie (and others) in this window. Unfortunately, there appears to be only one club interested in Eddie – does that tell us something?
Arsenal will need to decide whether to sell him at a lower price (not necessarily OM’s initial offer) or keep him.
Arsenal’s original price for Eddie was a reported £50m – which was pure fantasy land stuff in my opinion. It’s apparently been cut now to around £30m according to some reports. OM’s initial offer is £17m. If they really want Eddie, then I suspect a deal could be done for around £22-25m (probably including add-ons).
I think £17 millions was their first offer. Their second were believed to be close to £25 million, according to reports yesterday. I think Arsenals valuation of £35 millions is a fair price, but the situation is tricky. Eddie probably only wants OM, surely otherwise clubs from PL would have shown interest by now? Anything less than £25 millions would still be ridiculous.
A key element here is De Zerbi. How much is OM willing to pay to give their first year manager the striker he wants? Stick to your guns on this one you gunners, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Possibly, but if not (and there are usually alternatives around) Arsenal will be stuck with a player they don’t want and a player that wanted to leave. I don’t think that’s a recipe for getting a bigger fee for Eddie next summer.