Arsenal recently sent an offer to Olympique Marseille as a condition for them to sign Eddie Nketiah this summer.
The Ligue 1 club is the most serious suitor for the striker and has been actively pursuing his addition to their squad.
Nketiah has been struggling for game time at the Emirates and is eager to join a club where he can play more regularly.
However, the Gunners had previously rejected two offers from Marseille for his signature, though the French club remained keen.
Having already agreed on personal terms with Marseille, Nketiah is eager to make the move to secure more regular playing time.
Arsenal has now agreed to loan him to the French club with an obligation to buy for €30 million.
While this offer is considered acceptable by the Gunners, it is still unclear whether Marseille will agree to the terms.
A report in The Sun claims that Marseille has reopened talks with Mikel Arteta’s side and is negotiating the terms, with the deal expected to go through, though Marseille may request a more favourable payment structure.
Just Arsenal Opinion
We need to offload Nketiah, and his departure could give us more reasons to be serious about adding a new striker to our squad.
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After Arsenal have this summer signed Ricardo Calafiori for the defense personnel. And as replacement for Cedric Soares who left last season.
Who will be the 2 new midfielders that they should sign as replacement for Elneny and ESR who have left also.
Mikel Merino could be one. But the other one I an”t name him because I don’t know who Arsenal will sign as the 2nd one.
And if both Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nkethia are moved on this summer. As they OUGHT to anyway. Arsenal will have to sign replacements for them in the positions the pair operate from in the team.
Meaning, in addition to Calafiori they’ve signed already. They will still need to sign 4 new more players this summer,
notably, a right winger, 2 midfielders and a striker.
And if Arsenal does the 4 new more signings. But would there still be space left in the Arteta’s final 25 team squad for Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly to be promoted to the final 25? I think YES! There will still be space left to promote them. But if Arteta wants it that way.
@Samuel: What about the possibility of one of our academy midfielders filling one of the spots after Merino? Not sure that is very remote
For sure Nketia is as of now an arsenal quality he needs to be shawn exit door, to be replaced by a better strikers like Toni,watkins,Gyokeres,Oshimen,and even pedro neto
Your strikers list for Arsenal is already shrinking as Arsenal has reportedly ruled out Osimhen now and Neto is joining Chelsea for a reported £54m.
The clock is ticking, and Edu needs to get a move on, or Arsenal won’t get their striker before the deadline of 31 August.
It’s debateable whether the current reported offer is really that much better than OM’s previous one – around £25.5m in a year’s time (at best) vs. around £23m now, but Arsenal should just agree it if offered and move on – and move on quickly.
There are still several other players to offload and at this rate Arsenal will probably just about sell them all by the end of the window (that’s the 2025-26 window!).
The club needs to raise money so it can use the funds to boost its transfer kitty right now. If not, then who knows if the likes of Merino and a striker will actually arrive?