Nketiah

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Gary Neville believes Eddie Nketiah has a 'real opportunity' to ... (Daily Mail)

Eddie Nketiah has a 'real opportunity' to push himself toward his first senior England cap, amid a 'dearth of English centre-forwards.

'(Dominic) Calvert-Lewin's not quite there at the moment. 'Nketiah, you look at him and the dearth of English centre forwards... 'And this very special season that they're having.' but he has yet to declare for either nation - Nketiah turned down the opportunity to play for Ghana prior to the World Cup Gary Neville believes Eddie Nketiah has a 'real opportunity' to secure a place in Gareth Southgate's England squad after Arsenal man turned down Ghana ahead of the World Cup...

Eddie Nketiah's unexpected hero status is fuelling Arsenal's title belief (The Guardian)

Striker's emergence has had no sense of inevitability and he is showing how fine the dividing lines of fate in football can be.

[if Arsenal had completed the signing of Mykhailo Mudryk](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/14/chelsea-move-to-gazump-arsenal-for-mykhailo-mudryk-signing-with-100m-deal)? In that, perhaps, lies the principal note of caution: this is not the run-in. Destiny doesn’t exist until enough people start to believe in it and then it can have a remarkable effect on the confidence. Then the outstanding memory of him from the game would not have been his close-range header to equalise after 24 minutes, but the chance that fell to him with six minutes remaining. It may be Nketiah goes on to score goals by the barrel-load and wins another half-dozen titles, that in a decade it seems bizarre he was ever doubted, but there has been no sense of inevitability about his emergence. And it was the first day of his life when his number of Premier League starts for Arsenal (24) exceeded his age (23).

From being dropped by Chelsea academy to starring for Arsenal ... (The Indian Express)

The Ghanaian-origin striker scored a brace in Arsenal's 3-2 win over Manchester United in an English Premier League match on Sunday.

What a goal that was and what a player he was as well. I was in the crowd that day and that’s the game that has stayed with me. The youngster scored his maiden goal for the senior side in an EFL Cup match against Norwich City and has scored a total of 66 goals in 157 club appearances for Arsenal in his career. Obviously, as a kid all you are playing football and going to school and at school you are known as the kid that plays for Chelsea. The guys who can understand that if they give the ball somewhere and they can get it back and know where to get it back, the quality of reception is a very important quality. Last year, Arsenal legend Thierry Henry while speaking with Amazon Prime had shared his early memories of Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah and the fact that not many know that the 23-year-old Ghanaian-origin English footballer had started his days training at the Chelsea Academy.

Eddie Nketiah: Chelsea axe to Arsenal hero via Arsene Wenger's ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Eddie Nketiah's winner against Manchester United was the culmination of a long period of hard work and frustration for the young striker, ...

The Arsenal manager was then asked to reflect upon why he so wanted to hand Nketiah a new contract in the summer. We were hoping that he could do that because of the way he is, his mentality, and how his qualities fit in the team,” he admitted. [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) and immediately became first-choice striker in Arteta’s 4-3-3 formation, with Saka and Gabriel Martinelli on the wings. In June, he made the call, putting pen to a new long-term deal and taking Thierry Henry’s fabled No14 shirt in the process. Nketiah had a decision to make: he was out of contract and could leave Arsenal on a free transfer. [Chelsea](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc), who had scouted him as a youngster when he was playing for Hillyfielders in south-east London. Finally, opportunity would come knocking in the back end of the 2021/22 season, with Arteta intent on overhauling his squad. Nevertheless, in the summer of 2019, a loan was arranged, with Nketiah sent to Championship side Leeds. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette were established as the first-choice strikers, meaning he had to be content with a back-up role and cup games. "Eddie Nketiah is a striker who has a nose for the goal, but he’s not only a goal-getter – and that’s what is interesting with him,” Wenger told beINSPORTS in 2017. He has seized on the opportunity provided by Gabriel Jesus’ injury to prove himself as a top-quality striker capable of leading the line for an excellent team. The 23-year-old has been forced to fight hard for status and recognition at Arsenal.

Arsenal star Eddie Nketiah's incredible resurrection explained as ... (Daily Express)

Eddie Nketiah has been in flying form for Arsenal since being called upon by Mikel Arteta.

Though the reasoning did not sit well with Nketiah given that he was not playing regularly due to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette still being at the club. In a resurfaced clip, Lokonga was refusing to chat about why he was unhappy with Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe and Nuno Tavares. [Arsenal](/latest/arsenal-fc) in recent weeks, being rewarded for his patience with an extended run in the starting eleven.

Nketiah is Arsenal's hero in stunning United clash (Morning Star Online)

Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London. Picture date: ...

And hungry to knock Guardiola’s City off their perch in the hunt for silverware. For whatever you say about the competition between Manchester City and Liverpool at the height of their respective powers recently, Arsenal vs United simply has the X factor. A long time ago, in a stadium nearby, the world would stop to watch these two titans fight it out. And that was without mentioning the two prime protagonists, Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson. It was more a question of sing louder and carry on. This was evidenced by the crowd simply ramping up their fervour.