As the 2024/25 Premier League season comes into view, Arsenal are still no closer to moving on Eddie Nketiah.
The 25-year-old is known to have agreed personal terms with French footballing giants, Marseille, but as of this moment, the Gunners have steadfastly refused to sell.
It’s a game of brinkmanship that could come back to bite Mikel Arteta and Edu Gaspar, should Marseille decide to back out of the deal.
Arsenal’s Nketiah demands could derail deal
According to The Athletic (subscription required), the North Londoners have made a specific demand which, if met, will finally see Nketiah swap the English top-flight for Ligue Un.
The Gunners will allow their player to move on loan as long as Marseille commit to paying a €30m fee upon completion of the loan deal.
That’s significantly more than the €20m that the French club have already offered for Nketiah, and puts the ball firmly back in Roberto De Zerbi’s court.
Just how badly does Marseille’s Italian manager want the player?
Alternatively, De Zerbi can sit tight and take things right to the wire of course.
There doesn’t appear to be much appetite for Nketiah from elsewhere, so if we’re going into the final hours of the window and there’s still no likelihood of an agreement, will Arsenal decide to come closer to Marseille’s valuation?
It’s a real cat and mouse situation at the moment with the player stuck right in the middle.
Clearly, Nketiah sees his future away from the Emirates Stadium, though he may be forced to sit through another few barren months in North London if both clubs can’t find an acceptable middle ground.
Yes ooo it’s better to have sit back than cjeapoliy sell him out. Donr we see what transpire between Bologna fc and Arsenal. So we have to hold firmly our policies and keep it sacred. Higher suitor will definitely come for him, we need not create any panic over that.
Where did you get your change in info from. It’s gone from £35m plus a sell on clause to 30m Euros after a loan spell.
Arteta said he will not accept low ball offers for a prime member of his team that he regularly uses.(Although as a sub).
Nketiah is still useful and just 25, still on a long term contract, and with his experience knows the Arsenal system. He is not a fringe player, he is part of the selected bench 6.
His stats are below par, but this is not to say he would not improve as Lacazatte has proven in France.
I think they are chancing their luck, with low ball offers, and it’s about time Arsenal get rid of that reputation.
I think maybe a swap deal with a team, would be a better option than accepting a low ball offers. Early days still.
Part of the selected 6 subs? Are you crazy? As weve got good hes got less and less gametime, hes nowhere newr good enough and the posts figures are correct amd confirmed by fab
Eddie Nketiah fans crack me up. They swear he is capable of scoring double digit goals if he got more games and playing time. I swear he would get more playing time and games if he was capable of scoring double digit goals. There is a simple reason the only interested teams are from the weakest league in Europe: Eddie is a bang average center forward on his best day.