The ‘issue’ holding up Crystal Palace’s potential signing of Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah

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An insight into Crystal Palace’s pursuit of Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah has been provided on Tuesday.

Nketiah’s Arsenal stint

Eddie Nketiah would join Arsenal’s youth ranks back in 2015, signing from London rivals, Chelsea.

Since then, Nketiah has had a mixed stint in north London and was loaned out to Leeds during the 2019/20 campaign.

Nketiah returned in January of 2020 and was playing fairly well under then-new boss Mikel Arteta. However, the 22-year-old has never really progressed and has since largely fallen out of favour.

Nketiah has not featured much for Arsenal this season, but he has shone in the League Cup for the Gunners, netting five in three outings.

Nketiah has also excelled for England’s under-21 side, finding the net on a record 16 occasions in 17 outings for the Young Lions.

Record breaker. History maker. Eddie Nketiah.

📞 @EddieNketiah9 is now the all-time top goalscorer for @England at Under-21 level

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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 13, 2020

So, whilst his minutes are limited in the Premier League for Arsenal, Nketiah has shown he has a keen eye for goal, he just needs to play on a more regular basis.

Crystal Palace want Nketiah

So, with the hitman’s deal up in six months, there is bound to be some interest in him.

Nketiah was linked with Crystal Palace over the summer and those links have returned once again of late.

Now, though, as mentioned above, a fresh update on the situation has emerged via the Daily Mail’s Sami Mokbel.

Mokbel reports that Palace are trying to sign Nketiah, but wages are proving to be an issue.

It is added that Nketiah has free-agent interest from Germany and France (he can sign pre-contract agreements with foreign clubs now he is in the final six months of his deal), so it may be tough for an English club to compete in January:

Bit of Palace transfer news: Trying to sign Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah but wages proving an issue at the moment. Nketiah has Bosman interest from Germany and France where he can earn vast amounts so (at least financially) might be tough for an English club to compete this month.

— Sami Mokbel (@SamiMokbel81_DM) January 11, 2022

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City	21	40	53
2	Chelsea FC	21	29	43
3	Liverpool FC	20	34	42
4	Arsenal FC	20	8	35
5	West Ham United	20	10	34
6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	33
7	Manchester United	19	3	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	0	28
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	0	27
10	Leicester City	18	-2	25
11	Crystal Palace	20	-1	23
12	Brentford FC	19	-3	23
13	Aston Villa	19	-5	22
14	Southampton FC	19	-9	21
15	Everton FC	18	-9	19
16	Leeds United	19	-16	19
17	Watford FC	18	-14	13
18	Burnley FC	17	-11	11
19	Newcastle United	19	-23	11
20	Norwich City	19	-34	10

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	16
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	10
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City	9
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	8
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Smith-Rowe, Emile	Arsenal FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	8
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	7
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City	7
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion	7
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City	7
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	6
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	6
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	6
Jorginho	Chelsea FC	6
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United	6
Cornet, Maxwel	Burnley FC	6

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	6
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	6
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	6
Laporte, Aymeric	Manchester City	1	5
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	6
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	6
Skipp, Oliver	Tottenham Hotspur	0	6
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	1	4
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	5
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City	0	5
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	4
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester City	0	5
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	1	4
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	5
McGinn, John	Aston Villa	0	5
Canos, Sergi	Brentford FC	0	5
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	0	5
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	5
Rodri	Manchester City	0	5
Ritchie, Matt	Newcastle United	0	5

Player	Team	Assists
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	9
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	8
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	7
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester City	7
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	7
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	5
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	5
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	5
Kovacic, Mateo	Chelsea FC	5
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester City	5
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	5
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	4
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester City	4
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	4
Benrahma, Said	West Ham United	4
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	4
Rice, Declan	West Ham United	4
Redmond, Nathan	Southampton FC	4
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	3
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	3