Every Arsenal fan and his dog were certain that Eddie Nketiah would be leaving the Gunners this summer, as the England U21 international had refused every contract extension on the table in the previous two years.
But after scoring lots of goals when finally given a chance towards the end of last season, it appeared that Arteta and Edu redoubled their efforts to persuade Eddie to stay, and despite (I am sure) having many other lucrative offers including massive signing on fees, he ended up deciding that Arteta’s project was the best option.
Eddie was quoted as saying in the Athletic: “When you’re at that stage of your contract you consider all your options and just weigh it all up,”
“I wanted to wait until the end of the season and of course I had a lot of offers. I sat down with my team and with the manager and my family and we felt like Arsenal was the best place.
“I’m really happy with my decision and I’m looking forward to the future.”
“When you get down to that stage of your contract you’re obviously going to have options and I sat down with my agent and family to go through them all.
“But Arsenal is a great club for me. I support the club and it’s a great project to be part of. I hope I can contribute to that in the future.”
I know that many Just Arsenal readers don’t rate Eddie, but personally I feel that now he has found his confidence and is getting regular playing time, he will get back to being the prolific goalscorer that he was when in our youth teams, and don’t forget he is the record scorer for the England U21s.
I think he will be the goalpoacher that Arsenal have needed for a long long time….
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I’ve never doubted Nketiah’s ability to score and I was confident he is going to be a decent player. It was just a matter of time.
I am very happy for him
Yeah,there is a superstar in there.
There’s always been a great player I’m there. Followed him while he was on loan at Leeds. He scored lots of goals but his overall team play was what was poor and that was why Bielsa didn’t trust him over Bamford but as long as he started getting play time and will get more, I believe he’ll get more better
No, he’s really starting to turn my view of him around. He’s very bright and kind of relentless in his approach. I’ll never be convinced the size of his new contract was a good idea, though. That’s not how business should be done. If it turns out he’s fully worth it, then we’ll have been very lucky.
Also 100k a week helped convince him as well, doubtful he had a wage packet from other clubs that matched.
Let’s not pretend money wasn’t a major influence.
I wish him success and goals to help Arsenal take the next step, top 4.
Are u part of his team or family?
Well, the lad is gaining confidence and is turning things around for himself and his club. Honestly, I did not see it coming to this point. Great, and I wish him well.
I’ve said it before..Nketiah is a late starter…..he’ll get better still
Well Eddie nobody offered you 100k a week.
Eddie is a very good player despite his obstacle before his late playing time. Eddie will do well this season as aback up for G.jesus.he will score more goal , because he really impress me last season when nhe scored a late goal against wolve, I realized he will be good for the team fast,strong and clever I wish Eddie the best.