Arsenal confirm Eddie Nketiah contract and announce new shirt number

Arsenal have confirmed the poorly saved secret that Eddie Nketiah will stay on the membership, having penned a ‘long-term contract’ on the Emirates.

Nketiah appeared sure to depart the membership, however a run of begins in direction of the tip of the season, through which he discovered the online 5 occasions, modified the stance of the 23-year-old, who as an alternative noticed a future for himself main the Arsenal frontline.

The contract will take him past a decade on the membership, having joined in 2015 from the Chelsea academy, and can probably see him handed added game-time subsequent season, with Arsenal competing on a number of fronts.

Simply getting began…

We’re delighted to announce @EddieNketiah9 has signed a brand new deal ✍️

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 18, 2022

Mikel Arteta advised the membership’s official web site that “I’m delighted Eddie is staying with us. He represents what we’re all about and all of the values of the membership. We’re very joyful that he has prolonged his contract and now we have now to get to work and proceed to develop the good expertise and individual that we have now in him.”

In the meantime, Technical Director Edu Gaspar added: “The foundations of this squad are constructed on younger expertise and particularly those that have come by means of our Academy system. Eddie was launched by one other membership as a younger man however has all the time proven he has the angle in addition to the flexibility to turn out to be a high participant”.

“The very fact he’s signed a brand new contract is a crucial a part of our squad planning for subsequent season and we’re all delighted”.

The membership additionally introduced that Nketiah will put on the no.14 shirt transferring ahead, most just lately vacated by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and immortalised by Thierry Henry. It’s a large assertion from a membership that additionally handed different Hale Finish graduates the no.10 and no.7 shirts.

Gabriel Jesus newest

In the meantime, Arsenal are closing in on a take care of Manchester Metropolis over Gabriel Jesus, with studies suggesting that they’ve had an preliminary supply turned down, however {that a} renewed supply of round £45m can be sufficient to safe the 25-year-old.

Arsenal stay in talks with Manchester Metropolis over deal for Gabriel Jesus. Opening supply value preliminary £35m plus add-ons was rejected by #MCFC in midweek. Second bid anticipated. Per supply, feeling £45m can be sufficient to entice sale following arrivals of Haaland & Álvarez. #AFC

— Ryan Taylor (@RyanTaylorSport) June 18, 2022

Ought to they get that deal over the road, the Gunners are additionally eager on including Youri Tielemans, Raphinha, and Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez to their ranks, whereas an announcement on the signing of Fabio Vieira from Porto is imminent.

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Premier League desk

#	Workforce	MP	D	P
1	Leeds United	0	0	0
2	Manchester Metropolis	0	0	0
3	Manchester United	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0
5	Everton FC	0	0	0
6	Southampton FC	0	0	0
7	Chelsea FC	0	0	0
8	Arsenal FC	0	0	0
9	Newcastle United	0	0	0
10	Leicester Metropolis	0	0	0
11	Liverpool FC	0	0	0
12	Aston Villa	0	0	0
13	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
14	Fulham FC	0	0	0
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0
16	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
17	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0
19	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
20	Brentford FC	0	0	0

Participant	Workforce	Objectives
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Workforce	Pink Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Workforce	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6