Give us that sweet promotion money š
Tbf Eddie would do a job with Ipswich I bet. I hope that Palace are still interested so there can be a bidding war of sorts
Iāll be downvoted but Jackson is underrated imo. His chance creation is really strong, and he plays well off the ball. Heās allergic to finishing true but heās still scored 13 this season which isnāt terrible, itās also his first season in the prem and it can take time for players to become clinical in that respect.
Agree, he has his bozo moments but easy to forget some things -
- he plays in a very dysfunctional team
- itās his first season in the premier league
- heās only 22, center forwards need time to get clinical, they need playing time, same goes for Eddie same goes for Jackson, not everyone is HĆ„land
Yeah. Decent to good footballer, where he struggles is proper output turning the eye test into numbers.
I feel like if the rest of Chelsea was working around him youād see him rise with the tides.
Eddie is probably the opposite if put in a good situation. You look at the eye test and go āNahā but there would be suprising output.
Not that I think either statement matters, r havenāt played Eddie much at all and he hasnāt scored haha.
I think Chelsea as a whole is pretty underrated. They're definitely CPFC right now, but something about them just seems like there's a right move or two away from becoming good....Even in our most recent match, they gave us more than enough scares until they finally folded over.
IMO, it's a matter of whether toxicity will win out at the end...
He completely loses his head in front of goal, but we've seen players gain or lose confidence suddenly before. The goal he scored at the weekend thinking he was offside was so calmly taken, where he so often has no composure in his shot.
10 000% agreed, it is really fucking good trait to get chances.
Needs to figure out his finishing, but indeed 13 isn't even that bad considering how many chances he's missed.
Jackson seems to have āclickedā in the last 4-5 games. He seems to have calmed down on the finishing..seems like someone got in his head and inspired a new resolve
Donāt agree at all about Forest, United, West Ham, Brighton, Everton, Palace. The rest are relegation teams and still debatable. But this reads like you donāt watch these teams and are just looking at stats or fifa ratings or something.
mateta is really underrated and bowen is well clear of nketiah. he's a much better finisher and very intelligent off the ball.
ferguson i think jury is out, he's got quality but really struggled this year. i think hojlund is better. i dont' see eddie giving big gabriel a hard time the way hojlund did in our first game against them
>ferguson i think jury is out, he's got quality but really struggled this year
He hasn't kicked on as much as people expected but he has still outscored every one of Eddie's seasons in the Prem. He's struggled for consistent minutes with a few injuries but I wouldn't be overly concerned about him yet.
Sorry.
But he ain't starting over Antonio or Bowen for west ham.
Brighton he ain't in front of Ferguson or Pedro or even welbs.
Palace, Matata is the form striker rn.
Everton- probably starts
Utd - doubt he starts for them
Forest - probably starts.
Luton - Adebayo IMHO is better than him.
Sheffield - probably starts.
Burnley - no idea who plays up front for them
Forest no way their system is suited for awoniyi, who is a better player than nketiah.
West ham probably depth option or rotation
Hojlund is much much better
Other I agree or don't know (Everton, Brighton)
I think it's hard to judge Eddie's "actual" level at this point. he's been a cameo player for a majority of his time here and did really well when Jesus was injured last season but he's also shown inconsistency and limitations to his game.
he's 25 this summer and he's overdue a move where he can get consistent game time, Balogun did that and was able to demonstrate his quality, Eddie needs a move where he can play a meaningful number of games and can't be particularly picky about it
I'd like to see him at westham as an Antonio understudy and eventually push for that starting role given Antonio's age and fitness issues. Alternatively i think he should go to a europa/confrence league level team in europe and prove himself there but his current wages won't be matched by teams in that category
I know heās not really a great stylistic fit for how we play, but heās also in a pretty fantastic situation for a forward regardless. We always have the ball and create loads of chancesāitās a ton better than hoping for scraps on the counter. We canāt know his exact level, but itās likely more with the yo-yo clubs than in the European spots.
The narratives on this sub are wild, half the time weāre not good enough but when weāre offloading players who are blatantly below the level itās dissrespect?
When did I say Eddie is not good enough? our system is built for a false 9 thats the harsh reality of it, Same way KT is good enough but his profile don't fit with what we are doing
We play possession based football with a high-tempo press when immediately out of possession.
While we can occasionally counter-attack and transition quickly from the ball being in our half to sprinting up the pitch; its reactive as opposed to the game plan.
Compared to a team like West Ham who are specifically setup to avoid pressure and transition quickly and directly we're not a "counter-attacking" team.
Seriously, get him into a team that doesnāt play against low blocks and relies on crosses and cutbacks into the box and heāll thrive. His finishing is average but you know he will find the space and if he does it enough I can see him as a low double digit striker if he gets enough play time
For us that may not be anything too crazy but for another team it could be huge
Eddie disrespect is huge and thereās a reason why Mikel has kept him. Heās a reserve striker but still good enough and has a good head on his shoulders to be offered that contract
Not really true. Eddie has had stretches of games where he was playing with the best 11. He started up front for our opening 10 games this season, for goodness sake. If he was at the level no one would have to defend him right now.
not saying he should be our starting 9, just that the stat he posted is not very fair to Eddie, makes him look worse. Kind of agenda driven post you would see from a rival fan
That's fair, entirely possible that op posted the stat in bad faith. Having said that, the stat IS dire, and there are players that bury their chances off the bench. Trossard is an example.
I can understand fans that are ready to move on from Eddie. I personally think his ceiling is low and he doesn't fit as an Arsenal forward. I do get that it's not necessary to completely slag off our own players, but damn if Eddie doesn't frustrate sometimes.
He's not good enough to start every week for us, which I think he needs to really get the best out of him. At another team in the league I can see him putting up 15+ goals that could keep a team up
Honestly it feels like if Eddie consistently started he should easily hit double digit goals, with a ceiling of 13-15. For a newly promoted side that would be great. For us, we canāt have just a straight poacher type player that Eddie is but he definitely has a place in the league.
I've always thought he would be best fit for a mid to lower table club. He's a natural poacher, but the issue is he fits terribly into our style of play which requires a large work rate from a forward and high touch/passing technical skill. I could see him doing well from anyone West Ham on down.
Thereās so much Eddie slander in here. A player can be VERY good and still not good enough to play for Arsenal. Weāre a top team in the league and world. There are plenty of levels below us
I think my main point is the system just doesnt let him shine. He isnt someone tailored to dropping, creating space, making one and two touch passes.
Edit: I should say, put him in a team with bombing wingers and cut backs, the dude could definitely flourish.
Can we get real for one summer lol? I remember when users on here were selling Cedric for 5-10m, Pepe for 30m, etc. 30m total with all the add ons and bonuses is a great deal for a striker that is obviously not in our plans
I was being generous in my valuation of him but Eddie is English, is on a long term contract and has premier league experience. Ipswich can do a lot worse than Eddie, would I want to sanction an expensive move for Eddie if I'm Ipswich? Probably not but the striker market is difficult right now. Ipswich are an attacking side and if Eddie finds his feet 10+ goals is a very realistic target for him which is valuable for a promoted side. Ā£20M + survival based add ons is the bottom I think we should accept for him.
Well yeah but realistically Eddies quality doesn't match his wages, there's no other club out there that will pay him Ā£100k a week so he's gonna have to make a choice, his current wages or drop them and get first team football somewhere
It is hard to see a London lad wanting to leave Arsenal on 100k/week to live in Ipswich and play for a side that is likely to get relegated in a seasons time
It shows intent to build a team that can actually challenge for Europe. Mateta has been great recently, but palace needs players who can run at the defense and score. Injuries destroyed them this year. They need a player who can score if one or both of Eze and Olise is out.
I donāt think Eddie is that person. Heās not really someone who creates on his own. He struggles to score with a good team around him. Mateta actually has more successful dribbles per 90 and higher dribble success rate as well
I personally think heās a decent dribbler. But he canāt beat more than 1 guy. He tends to want to go straight to goal all the time. IMO in a team he is a bit more isolated 1v1 against defenders with half the field to himself he will do well. I think he looks bad with us because I canāt remember the last time Iāve seen him pass the ball.
Iād love nothing more than for Eddie to move on and lead the line at a club as their marquee signing.
I believe heās more than capable with a consistent run of games to shine and create a name for himself.
IMO Eddie is a really good player for a team that will not have a lot of possession. He has a decent engine (although I think struggles a bit moving in unison with teammates). Heās a decent dribbler. His biggest problem with us is I rarely see him look to connect the game with his passing.
He loves running at goal, whether the ball is at his feet or not. For us, it just doesnāt work because almost every defender is behind the ball. But with a team that plays heavy counter attack, all that space will do Eddie wonders.
He has the quality IMO. Just not the consistency. I wouldnāt be surprised if he went to a Palace and scored 10+ goals. I also wouldnāt be surprised if he struggled to stay in the XI.
He has no quality. He has one goal off the bench in 3 full seasons. He scored a hat trick vs the worst defense in premier league history, and it came in the middle of 3.5 months where that was the only game he scored. Heās lazy as fuck on the press to the point that odegaard yells at him to do literally anything. He drags down Martinelli by standing around doing nothing. Weāll be lucky to get anyone to take him on 100K per week so we can free up our 14 shirt for a real player.
He scored 2 goals against utd last season lol. Stop judging him on the basis of a few games.
He's good we've just outgrown him. He can do a job as a rotation for a top 4 challenging side or be a marquee for a mid table. I expect him to be like Solanke for a Midtable club
āHe scored 2 goals against utdā says the guy who wants us to stop judging him on a few games. Iām judging him on years of work and you cherry pick one game.
Nketiah is exact the type of player they need. Hard worker, good leadership, has shown if heās given a run of games heās good, still relatively young so his resell value will still be high, and looking at their options heās probably one of the best.
Maybe a decent fee for both teams with a sell on clause and some incentive based elements like appearances or staying up next season.
Nketiah isn't a bad player, he just needs to consistently start games. I like this move from him if it means he can start every game.Ā
Ā Even a loan move to Ipswich isn't a bad option, off the top of my head, I don't think Nketiah has ever been loaned out? He did go to Leeds actually.
Depends on the buyer. In this case there is no way Ipswich would pay that level of money or more for Nketiah. Their record buy is Herman Hreidarsson for about Ā£6m back in 2000
I guess one way to look at it is that the transfer fee would be reduced by how much extra he is in wages. Say normally you'd be in for a 40k pw forward. A 100k pw forward would be an extra 15.6 mil over a 5 year deal. So perhaps if he were worth 40k, you'd be willing to pay 30 mil (I know that's a bit high, so perhaps not), so maybe you'd offer 15 mil for him? I know this is a bit of an oversimplication and that still might be too much and too little for Arsenal, plus any considerations of what that does to the wage bill, but just one way of looking at it. I think after typing this out, you're right, its unlikely.
But can they afford the alternative which is to stick with their striker? I don't think any club that escapes the drop will sell their striker to Ipswich unless it's for good money. They have to spend somewhere to have a chance and their main motive is to stay in the PL. I don't think they can do better than Eddie within the league.
Forest (possibly 17th team) can afford Origi at 120k, who posted much worse stats, is older and not English. So I would say that would be a necessary investment for them to stay up.
For 15m weāve gotta let him go. Pure profit and save some wages on a player who unfortunately canāt get a game.
Amazing academy story but if weāre not going to use him he is an asset to sell.
Ā£80m minimum.
ESR dragged us out of the mud back in 2020-2022 when he had fuck all. Least we can do is give him another chance ā but he hasnāt scored a competitive goal in over 2 years.
Heās running out of time
No offense to Ipswich and 1000% no disrespect to Nketiah (who has worked so hard to get where he is and only deserves respect) kinda telling that theyāre the sort of team that would be going for him and you go āHuh, yeah makes sense.ā
He was our starting striker after Jesus was injured btw
The man needs a chance to grow, wouldn't be surprised to see him turn into a beast in a different situation- different team, tactics, and motivators to put him on a different trajectory. Go forth with love.
Wouldn't mind seeing Eddie about in my home town, used to always bump into Keane when he was Town manager, and would be a fairly decent move, he'd likely start for Town, and would certainly get a fairly good return for them.
Once again people are falling for bullshit rumours and overvaluing Arsenal players. Happens every single summer and people never learn.
There is no way Ipswich would pay the money we'd want for a permanent transfer of Nketiah. For those who want a reality check go ahead and have a look at Luton's transfer dealings last summer to have an idea of what level of money Ipswich will be looking to spend this time round.
Spoiler alert: Luton's biggest buy was about Ā£5m last summer
If Ipswich are interested then at most it'll be a loan deal with us covering the majority of his wages
Holding is a Championship level defender so 1 million is about all he was worth.
Nketiah is better than that but doubt the club will get 30 million given his wages
Holding should actually be another player Ipswich go for. They need to strengthen their defence. Holding would be cheap, with experience at the highest level. He would be a great signing for them.
Give us that sweet promotion money š Tbf Eddie would do a job with Ipswich I bet. I hope that Palace are still interested so there can be a bidding war of sorts
Their job is to stay in PL, is Eddie a striker good enough for that level? I believe so. That already is very valuable for clubs who want to stay up.
Eddie is too good for them, he gets way to much disrespect
Who would he start for in the prem right now?Ā
Westham Brighton Palace Everton Forest United Luton Burnley Sheffield unit5
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Iāll be downvoted but Jackson is underrated imo. His chance creation is really strong, and he plays well off the ball. Heās allergic to finishing true but heās still scored 13 this season which isnāt terrible, itās also his first season in the prem and it can take time for players to become clinical in that respect.
Agreed. If he figures out his finishing, heās going to be really really good.
> If he figures out his finishing you're not wrong but I've heard this about so many players before (including some of ours) and it RARELY happens.
Not a striker, but damn Gervinho drove me crazy. He could dribble circles around defenders, then literally shoot it 2 feet wide of the net
"if he figures out the most important part of his position"
Havertz figured it out
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Sanogo was like a giraffe on roller skates. Not even he knew what he was going to do
Nunez 2.0
If he figures out the one thing a striker is supposed to be good at, he'll be good?
Have you seen the way he puts himself into position for those he misses? A lot of strikers canāt even get there.
Delusional if you donāt see his value to the Chelsea team
Agree, he has his bozo moments but easy to forget some things - - he plays in a very dysfunctional team - itās his first season in the premier league - heās only 22, center forwards need time to get clinical, they need playing time, same goes for Eddie same goes for Jackson, not everyone is HĆ„land
Yeah. Decent to good footballer, where he struggles is proper output turning the eye test into numbers. I feel like if the rest of Chelsea was working around him youād see him rise with the tides. Eddie is probably the opposite if put in a good situation. You look at the eye test and go āNahā but there would be suprising output. Not that I think either statement matters, r havenāt played Eddie much at all and he hasnāt scored haha.
He's also like two years younger than Nketiah.
I think Chelsea as a whole is pretty underrated. They're definitely CPFC right now, but something about them just seems like there's a right move or two away from becoming good....Even in our most recent match, they gave us more than enough scares until they finally folded over. IMO, it's a matter of whether toxicity will win out at the end...
he's a darwin nunez type player, he's going to frustrate you but over the course of a season he gives you enough to probably make that worthwhile
I would say both could be fantastic option from the bench, they are gonna cause lot of troubles for defence, something Eddie can't do at all, sadly
He completely loses his head in front of goal, but we've seen players gain or lose confidence suddenly before. The goal he scored at the weekend thinking he was offside was so calmly taken, where he so often has no composure in his shot.
10 000% agreed, it is really fucking good trait to get chances. Needs to figure out his finishing, but indeed 13 isn't even that bad considering how many chances he's missed.
A bit like Nunez imo. I like him to and would take him over Eddie.
Agreed, he's being slept on imo
Jackson seems to have āclickedā in the last 4-5 games. He seems to have calmed down on the finishing..seems like someone got in his head and inspired a new resolve
Sometimes getting a couple of good results just calms everyone down
It's not a match style wise he'd probably score more than Jackson but not help the team as much
do you think eddie would score more than 13 goals?
Starting every game? don't see why not just everybody else would be struggling
i doubt it tbh because i dont rate him that high. he had 9 goals in 18 starts and 37 subs appearance. plus hes 24 years old
Jackson is way better
Donāt agree at all about Forest, United, West Ham, Brighton, Everton, Palace. The rest are relegation teams and still debatable. But this reads like you donāt watch these teams and are just looking at stats or fifa ratings or something.
Bowen, Ferguson/Welbeck, Hojlund are all better. Mateta has been on fire the last few weeks. Eddie is destined for a 14th-17th team at best
mateta is really underrated and bowen is well clear of nketiah. he's a much better finisher and very intelligent off the ball. ferguson i think jury is out, he's got quality but really struggled this year. i think hojlund is better. i dont' see eddie giving big gabriel a hard time the way hojlund did in our first game against them
>ferguson i think jury is out, he's got quality but really struggled this year He hasn't kicked on as much as people expected but he has still outscored every one of Eddie's seasons in the Prem. He's struggled for consistent minutes with a few injuries but I wouldn't be overly concerned about him yet.
Doesn't start for half of those tbh.
Bowen > Nketiah Mateta > Nketiah DCL = Nketiah Hojlund > Nketiah agree with the rest
Awoniyi > nketiah too
So basically he'd start for relegation level teams. Every other team you mentioned has better strikers or strikers with a much better profile.
Doesn't start for palace IMHOĀ
Heās not starting for half of those teams
Brighton could be a perfect fit for him tbf, never thought of that. A Forest front three of Odoi, Eddie and Elanga would also be filthy
Lol
Mateta would body Eddie.
Sorry. But he ain't starting over Antonio or Bowen for west ham. Brighton he ain't in front of Ferguson or Pedro or even welbs. Palace, Matata is the form striker rn. Everton- probably starts Utd - doubt he starts for them Forest - probably starts. Luton - Adebayo IMHO is better than him. Sheffield - probably starts. Burnley - no idea who plays up front for them
Chris woods
Terrible and you know it
That was the joke
Forest no way their system is suited for awoniyi, who is a better player than nketiah. West ham probably depth option or rotation Hojlund is much much better Other I agree or don't know (Everton, Brighton)
SHU, Luton, Burnely, Everton that's itĀ
I think it's hard to judge Eddie's "actual" level at this point. he's been a cameo player for a majority of his time here and did really well when Jesus was injured last season but he's also shown inconsistency and limitations to his game. he's 25 this summer and he's overdue a move where he can get consistent game time, Balogun did that and was able to demonstrate his quality, Eddie needs a move where he can play a meaningful number of games and can't be particularly picky about it I'd like to see him at westham as an Antonio understudy and eventually push for that starting role given Antonio's age and fitness issues. Alternatively i think he should go to a europa/confrence league level team in europe and prove himself there but his current wages won't be matched by teams in that category
I know heās not really a great stylistic fit for how we play, but heās also in a pretty fantastic situation for a forward regardless. We always have the ball and create loads of chancesāitās a ton better than hoping for scraps on the counter. We canāt know his exact level, but itās likely more with the yo-yo clubs than in the European spots.
The narratives on this sub are wild, half the time weāre not good enough but when weāre offloading players who are blatantly below the level itās dissrespect?
When did I say Eddie is not good enough? our system is built for a false 9 thats the harsh reality of it, Same way KT is good enough but his profile don't fit with what we are doing
I mean, if you think heās good enough for Arsenal fair enough, but I couldnāt disagree more.
he'd be good enough if we played counter attacking football but we play patient build up and it doesn't suit him.
We counter attack plenty
We play possession based football with a high-tempo press when immediately out of possession. While we can occasionally counter-attack and transition quickly from the ball being in our half to sprinting up the pitch; its reactive as opposed to the game plan. Compared to a team like West Ham who are specifically setup to avoid pressure and transition quickly and directly we're not a "counter-attacking" team.
Seriously, get him into a team that doesnāt play against low blocks and relies on crosses and cutbacks into the box and heāll thrive. His finishing is average but you know he will find the space and if he does it enough I can see him as a low double digit striker if he gets enough play time For us that may not be anything too crazy but for another team it could be huge Eddie disrespect is huge and thereās a reason why Mikel has kept him. Heās a reserve striker but still good enough and has a good head on his shoulders to be offered that contract
Heās a textbook mediocrity. 19 goals in 116 PL appearances. If he wasnāt an academy grad weād all be begging to sell him off.
> 19 goals in 116 PL appearances this actually sounds terrible
0.54 G+A per 90 is another way to look at it
extremely unfair given that most of his appearances are last 10-20 mins with the team conserving energy.
Not really true. Eddie has had stretches of games where he was playing with the best 11. He started up front for our opening 10 games this season, for goodness sake. If he was at the level no one would have to defend him right now.
not saying he should be our starting 9, just that the stat he posted is not very fair to Eddie, makes him look worse. Kind of agenda driven post you would see from a rival fan
That's fair, entirely possible that op posted the stat in bad faith. Having said that, the stat IS dire, and there are players that bury their chances off the bench. Trossard is an example. I can understand fans that are ready to move on from Eddie. I personally think his ceiling is low and he doesn't fit as an Arsenal forward. I do get that it's not necessary to completely slag off our own players, but damn if Eddie doesn't frustrate sometimes.
He's had plenty of opportunities to earn a larger role. Other than a modest hot streak midway through last season, he hasn't done it.
People who defend Eddie are ridiculous. Awful player. Lazy on the press, canāt score off the bench.
He's not good enough to start every week for us, which I think he needs to really get the best out of him. At another team in the league I can see him putting up 15+ goals that could keep a team up
And even if he isn't, he would be an excellent Championship striker that can help regain promotion.
Mateta seems to have found form now so NKetiah might prefer somewhere with more guaranteed playtime
Wonder if his contract situation is good enough to keep him at palace, could be attracting attention elsewhere perhaps. Transfer dominoes!
Palace have Mateta who has come on as of late scoring a bunch, and they still have Edouard in the books. I don't see them in for Eddie at this point.
I think Mateta has cemented his role for Palace for next season. He's been very good since they changed managers.
Honestly it feels like if Eddie consistently started he should easily hit double digit goals, with a ceiling of 13-15. For a newly promoted side that would be great. For us, we canāt have just a straight poacher type player that Eddie is but he definitely has a place in the league.
Reckon Palace strikers or at least Mateta is a slight level above Nketiah. Although he has a different profile to them so they may like that.
Mateta is in form but overall every one of palaces strikers stink they have one of the worst front lines in the league
> but overall every one of palaces strikers stink they have one of the worst front lines in the league ...what the hell?
Eze - Mateta - Olise is far from one of the worst front lines in the league. They've just had trouble having them all available at once.
Such a bad take, I can't even š
I've always thought he would be best fit for a mid to lower table club. He's a natural poacher, but the issue is he fits terribly into our style of play which requires a large work rate from a forward and high touch/passing technical skill. I could see him doing well from anyone West Ham on down.
Watching palace Vs united, Mateta is 3x the player Eddie is so not sure they with splurge the cash.
I'd think Palace are fine with Mateta, He's been firing em in since their new manager replaced Woy.
Watched palace yesterday. Nketiah ain't making the starting 11 there.Ā
Come on Ipswich give us Ā£30M. Although if I'm Ipswich I'd be more focused on investing in defence first.
Tbf think you can build a functional defence for pretty cheap. To score goals in the prem youāre gonna have to spend a little bit
You can borrow a few young CBās from top prem sides on loan and make a pretty decent defence
Unfortunately Eddie wonāt get them over the line
I mean, he cant in our system, for the most part. Who knows what he can do in another system where hes the focal point.
Thereās so much Eddie slander in here. A player can be VERY good and still not good enough to play for Arsenal. Weāre a top team in the league and world. There are plenty of levels below us
I think my main point is the system just doesnt let him shine. He isnt someone tailored to dropping, creating space, making one and two touch passes. Edit: I should say, put him in a team with bombing wingers and cut backs, the dude could definitely flourish.
Nketiah easily gets 10 goals if heās a regular starter in the prem
Ā£30 million base fee + Ā£5 million if they escape relegation.
Can we get real for one summer lol? I remember when users on here were selling Cedric for 5-10m, Pepe for 30m, etc. 30m total with all the add ons and bonuses is a great deal for a striker that is obviously not in our plans
The valuations our fans give players never fails to amuse me. Eddie is on 100k a week so we will do well to get 30 million including add ons.
We'll be lucky to hit Ā£20m let alone 30
I was being generous in my valuation of him but Eddie is English, is on a long term contract and has premier league experience. Ipswich can do a lot worse than Eddie, would I want to sanction an expensive move for Eddie if I'm Ipswich? Probably not but the striker market is difficult right now. Ipswich are an attacking side and if Eddie finds his feet 10+ goals is a very realistic target for him which is valuable for a promoted side. Ā£20M + survival based add ons is the bottom I think we should accept for him.
Think the problem for a team like Ipswich who are quite likely to get relegated is that they can't really afford to have players on 100k/week wages
Well yeah but realistically Eddies quality doesn't match his wages, there's no other club out there that will pay him Ā£100k a week so he's gonna have to make a choice, his current wages or drop them and get first team football somewhere
Also he probably wouldn't want to be with them in the championship either. It's a tricky one for Eddie. Would you even want to move to Ipswich
It is hard to see a London lad wanting to leave Arsenal on 100k/week to live in Ipswich and play for a side that is likely to get relegated in a seasons time
I reckon the max we're getting is 20 mil.
Don't think Nketiah will accept the offer , I think he will wait for Crystal Palace or Fulham.
I can see West Ham also looking at a new centre forward with Ings on the scrap heap and Antonio getting older
Nketiah will want to be a starter I would assume. Not sure he starts ahead of Antonio
I dunno how much more Antonio has left in the tank though, he's already in his mid 30s
And his knees are made of string cheese
He earns more per week than Paqueta does. They arenāt going to sign him unless he takes a pay cut
It really will depend on the new manager and their preferences.
Why would either of those go for him right now? Muniz is killing it and Mateta has found form once Eze and Olise came back
It shows intent to build a team that can actually challenge for Europe. Mateta has been great recently, but palace needs players who can run at the defense and score. Injuries destroyed them this year. They need a player who can score if one or both of Eze and Olise is out.
I donāt think Eddie is that person. Heās not really someone who creates on his own. He struggles to score with a good team around him. Mateta actually has more successful dribbles per 90 and higher dribble success rate as well
I personally think heās a decent dribbler. But he canāt beat more than 1 guy. He tends to want to go straight to goal all the time. IMO in a team he is a bit more isolated 1v1 against defenders with half the field to himself he will do well. I think he looks bad with us because I canāt remember the last time Iāve seen him pass the ball.
Assist for Martinelli against Palace
I dont think West Ham should be out of question. Considering I'm sure Rice has a lot of great things to say about the club as well
Would be a massive upgrade on Antonio, and they are without question the biggest of those 3 clubs
Mateta and Muniz are on fire at both those clubs
As an Arsenal from Ipswich I wouldn't mind. I think he could do well at a club like Ipswich.
I already like Ipswich very much, this would be class. They do need a good CF, the ones they got are barely Championship level
Reinvest those funds from an Eddie sale and swoop in for Isak
Iād love nothing more than for Eddie to move on and lead the line at a club as their marquee signing. I believe heās more than capable with a consistent run of games to shine and create a name for himself.
IMO Eddie is a really good player for a team that will not have a lot of possession. He has a decent engine (although I think struggles a bit moving in unison with teammates). Heās a decent dribbler. His biggest problem with us is I rarely see him look to connect the game with his passing. He loves running at goal, whether the ball is at his feet or not. For us, it just doesnāt work because almost every defender is behind the ball. But with a team that plays heavy counter attack, all that space will do Eddie wonders.
He has the quality IMO. Just not the consistency. I wouldnāt be surprised if he went to a Palace and scored 10+ goals. I also wouldnāt be surprised if he struggled to stay in the XI.
This is why an Ipswich move could suit him. He'd be one of their most experienced players
He has no quality. He has one goal off the bench in 3 full seasons. He scored a hat trick vs the worst defense in premier league history, and it came in the middle of 3.5 months where that was the only game he scored. Heās lazy as fuck on the press to the point that odegaard yells at him to do literally anything. He drags down Martinelli by standing around doing nothing. Weāll be lucky to get anyone to take him on 100K per week so we can free up our 14 shirt for a real player.
He scored 2 goals against utd last season lol. Stop judging him on the basis of a few games. He's good we've just outgrown him. He can do a job as a rotation for a top 4 challenging side or be a marquee for a mid table. I expect him to be like Solanke for a Midtable club
āHe scored 2 goals against utdā says the guy who wants us to stop judging him on a few games. Iām judging him on years of work and you cherry pick one game.
Sure heās our worst player but he scored the winning goal the previous season against Man United and made Martinez looked silly in the process.
Show me the money
exclusive bomba
That one Ipswich fan on arsoca that constantly baits gooners will be mortified
Nketiah is exact the type of player they need. Hard worker, good leadership, has shown if heās given a run of games heās good, still relatively young so his resell value will still be high, and looking at their options heās probably one of the best. Maybe a decent fee for both teams with a sell on clause and some incentive based elements like appearances or staying up next season.
Ā£10m up front , Ā£10m in easy clauses, Ā£10m in tricky clauses. Deal done. Bite your hand off
Fgs theyāre going to bid 8 million
Fingers fucking crossed !! 15mn plus 100k a week off our wages , that would be a good boost to our summer transfer soends
Eddie could score you 10-15 prem goals if you play him regularly, this may be all thatās required for a team trying to survive
It's totally worth the risk for Ā£15m+x
Nketiah isn't a bad player, he just needs to consistently start games. I like this move from him if it means he can start every game.Ā Ā Even a loan move to Ipswich isn't a bad option, off the top of my head, I don't think Nketiah has ever been loaned out? He did go to Leeds actually.
Loan fee + cover as much wages could be a likely solution. His value is at a low anyway after a lean season
His level + newly promoted money Good for all parties
We gave him 100K a week thatās gonna severely dent any fee we get from him. ļæ¼
āAudacious swoopā
If we get a decent fee then I'll say, "Come on, Eddie. Be their Marcus Stewart!"
Did he also say they want ESR? Def think we're too hasty letting him go this window, he deserves another year
Audacious? š
Do it. Take him. Iāll even drive him to Ipswich.
Realistically is 20m a reasonable amount we can get for Eddie ?
Ā£15m + clauses minimum
Depends on the buyer. In this case there is no way Ipswich would pay that level of money or more for Nketiah. Their record buy is Herman Hreidarsson for about Ā£6m back in 2000
they haven't been in the prem in the big money era though.
Doesnt necessarily mean they will blow 20Ms all of a sudden. Look at Luton for reference - record signing this year upon promotion was around 5M
Eddie is on Ā£100k a week, thatās like 2-3x their current highest earner. Unlikely.Ā
Feels very similar to the Brewster to Sheffield Utd switch, and that was somewhere around Ā£20m. Eddies definitely better than him.
But the Brewster signing went horribly wrong, so they'll beware of splashing the money around.
Heās on 100k a week, we simply cannot afford that. I would like him at the club but I just donāt see it.
I guess one way to look at it is that the transfer fee would be reduced by how much extra he is in wages. Say normally you'd be in for a 40k pw forward. A 100k pw forward would be an extra 15.6 mil over a 5 year deal. So perhaps if he were worth 40k, you'd be willing to pay 30 mil (I know that's a bit high, so perhaps not), so maybe you'd offer 15 mil for him? I know this is a bit of an oversimplication and that still might be too much and too little for Arsenal, plus any considerations of what that does to the wage bill, but just one way of looking at it. I think after typing this out, you're right, its unlikely.
Can they afford to pay 100k per week (probably add something on top to entice him too) to a forward that has never scored double digits in the EPL?
But can they afford the alternative which is to stick with their striker? I don't think any club that escapes the drop will sell their striker to Ipswich unless it's for good money. They have to spend somewhere to have a chance and their main motive is to stay in the PL. I don't think they can do better than Eddie within the league.
Forest (possibly 17th team) can afford Origi at 120k, who posted much worse stats, is older and not English. So I would say that would be a necessary investment for them to stay up.
For 15m weāve gotta let him go. Pure profit and save some wages on a player who unfortunately canāt get a game. Amazing academy story but if weāre not going to use him he is an asset to sell.
Ā£80m minimum. ESR dragged us out of the mud back in 2020-2022 when he had fuck all. Least we can do is give him another chance ā but he hasnāt scored a competitive goal in over 2 years. Heās running out of time
Would be a good deal for both sides
Massive call from Ipswich. The really want to stay up.
We need to move him on, his wages donāt justify his status in the squad. Heās better off which a mid/lower tier club
I can see Eddie moving to somewhere like Palace, Brentford or Ipswich this summer.
Clarke and Nketiah link up. Lets go
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I can already see him rejecting the move
Who is "@teamnewsandtix" He's popped up all over my twitter like an informant.
Eddie should go to Palace. They have a proper coach now too.
A front three of Eze-Nketiah-Olise would genuinely be a good combo.
It feels more bodacious to me
Please my brothers, swoop with the ferociousness of a thousand dragons
Please do it
A surprise for sure. But a pleasent one.
Agreed!!
Does he need a hand packing?
Eddie will go to Ipswich, bang in 20 goals for them, Chelsea will come in and buy him for Ā£150million.
Take him for 20 mil he's yoursĀ
No offense to Ipswich and 1000% no disrespect to Nketiah (who has worked so hard to get where he is and only deserves respect) kinda telling that theyāre the sort of team that would be going for him and you go āHuh, yeah makes sense.ā He was our starting striker after Jesus was injured btw
Iād like to see what he can do at this point as a full time PL player
The man needs a chance to grow, wouldn't be surprised to see him turn into a beast in a different situation- different team, tactics, and motivators to put him on a different trajectory. Go forth with love.
I'll love this for him , he'll move to a club where he will be the marquee signing well respected by the fans and a locker room leader.
The most obvious 15 goal āstreets will never forgetā season ever
A reverse Kiwomya
They should make an audacious bid of at least 35 mill.
Wouldn't mind seeing Eddie about in my home town, used to always bump into Keane when he was Town manager, and would be a fairly decent move, he'd likely start for Town, and would certainly get a fairly good return for them.
Once again people are falling for bullshit rumours and overvaluing Arsenal players. Happens every single summer and people never learn. There is no way Ipswich would pay the money we'd want for a permanent transfer of Nketiah. For those who want a reality check go ahead and have a look at Luton's transfer dealings last summer to have an idea of what level of money Ipswich will be looking to spend this time round. Spoiler alert: Luton's biggest buy was about Ā£5m last summer If Ipswich are interested then at most it'll be a loan deal with us covering the majority of his wages
TNAT is not "bullshit"
Based on what? Isnāt TNAT just Moh, formerly of Arsenal fan TV?
30 mil is the bare minimum I ask for. Hope they don't let eddie go for 1 mil like holding
Holding is a Championship level defender so 1 million is about all he was worth. Nketiah is better than that but doubt the club will get 30 million given his wages
Holding should actually be another player Ipswich go for. They need to strengthen their defence. Holding would be cheap, with experience at the highest level. He would be a great signing for them.