{"id":21739,"date":"2022-06-23T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/23\/eddie-nketiah-comments-on-arsenals-pursuit-of-gabriel-jesus\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T06:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:00:35","slug":"eddie-nketiah-comments-on-arsenals-pursuit-of-gabriel-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/23\/eddie-nketiah-comments-on-arsenals-pursuit-of-gabriel-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Nketiah comments on Arsenal\u2019s pursuit of Gabriel Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Arsenal look to be having an incredibly busy and promising transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have already signed Fabio Vieira and are also working on deals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-chief-edu-gaspar-drops-transfer-hint-following-fabio-vieira-arrival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Jesus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-submit-opening-offer-for-raphinha-and-gabriel-jesus-move-very-advanced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raphinha<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/arsenal-to-cool-off-interest-for-leicester-city-star-youri-tielemans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youri Tielemans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The north Londoners have also handed Eddie Nketiah a new contract following his strong finish to last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old was thrust into the team with Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leaving for Barcelona in January.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his arrival in the team, Mikel Arteta and the club received much for leaving themselves light in attack after failing to make a signing in January.<\/p>\n<p>But for the season ahead, Arsenal looked determined not to be in that same situation with Nketiah\u2019s future secured and another striker being targeted.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cYou relish the challenge\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1710290\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1710290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1710290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manchester-city-v-watford-premier-league-1650888713.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Nketiah comments on Arsenal\u2019s pursuit of Gabriel Jesus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manchester-city-v-watford-premier-league-1650888713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manchester-city-v-watford-premier-league-1650888713-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manchester-city-v-watford-premier-league-1650888713-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manchester-city-v-watford-premier-league-1650888713-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/manchester-city-v-watford-premier-league-1650888713-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1710290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MANCHESTER, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 23: Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City celebrates after scoring their 4th goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Watford at Etihad Stadium on April 23, 2022 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabriel Jesus looks almost certain to be the striker that Arteta\u2019s side bring in.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian has <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rt995Ynq_8I?t=624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly agreed personal terms<\/a> with the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>So, with a second striker set to join him, Nketiah has been asked about his club\u2019s pursuit of another centre-forward.<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2022\/06\/23\/eddie-nketiah-interview-what-no-14-shirt-means-why-impossible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Telegraph<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cEvery team needs a squad to compete. The club is always looking for ways to strengthen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have extended my deal and they have done so for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever comes in, you relish the challenge. You make them feel welcome, and then you fight and compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From bad to worse\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Nketiah has a second for Arsenal and Leeds<br \/>\nare in real trouble here!<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal vs Leeds is on Sky Sports! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oYTfr4tt6i\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/oYTfr4tt6i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1523290913967325189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal look to be having an incredibly busy and promising transfer window. The Gunners have already signed Fabio Vieira and are also working on deals for Gabriel Jesus, Raphinha and Youri Tielemans. The north Londoners have also handed Eddie Nketiah a new contract following his strong finish to last season. The 23-year-old was thrust into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-21739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}