Bournemouth is set to become the second club to drop their interest in Eddie Nketiah, leaving Arsenal potentially stuck with the striker.
The Gunners had initially opened the door for Nketiah’s departure and attempted to strike a deal with Olympique Marseille weeks ago.
Despite Nketiah agreeing to personal terms with the French club, Arsenal failed to reach an agreement on the transfer fee, leading Marseille to pull out.
Bournemouth then emerged as a potential destination after selling Dominic Solanke to Tottenham.
Arsenal had hoped the Cherries would seriously pursue Nketiah, but that interest has now faded.
Bournemouth has since secured a new striker, signing Evanilson from FC Porto in a deal potentially worth £40 million.
According to the Daily Mail, this signing effectively ends Bournemouth’s pursuit of Nketiah.
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We have probably overrated Nketiah in the talks with Marseille and might now be stuck with the striker.
It does not guarantee that he will do well this season, and if he plays very few games, his value will be reduced further by next summer.
There are at least two more weeks before the transfer window closes, and hopefully, we will find a buyer for him.
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The club decided to gamble and hold firm to their valuation.
Whether it is a mistake or not we will see in a couple weeks.
It’s inconvenient if he remains, but unfortunate if it keeps us from signing a striker.
I think “Overrated” is something that could be applied to Nketiah’s career at Arsenal in general. They really need to get real with the assessment of some players and accept that they are good players but not top-players, and therefore worth league transfer fees, not champion’s league transfer fees, to put it in a way that illustrates the class difference that I’m trying to explain.
Nothing is wrong with our valuation of the player, It is just not happening for us just now, Brighton could get £50 mil for Eddie
Think this whole marketing system is a cycle, it was once Southampton now it’s Brighton turn, Arsenal turn will come.
There clearly is something wrong with Arsenal’s valuation or Eddie would be at another club by now.
You can argue that one club being unwilling to pay the valuation doesn’t mean a lot, but you can’t argue that if NO club is willing to meet it – as is currently the case.
Arsenal can certainly wait until next summer, but they need to sell players now and keeping Eddie and his reported £100k a week salary is not the best option, particularly as they haven’t sold anyone else other than ESR.
Transfers really aren’t anything to do with a “marketing cycle” or a “going rate”. It’s whether an individual player is attractive (or not) to an individual club. Every transfer is different because, obviously, every player is different and what he offers is different. That is why Bournemouth has bought Evanilson and not Eddie.