Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah has been linked with a move away, but the club now need to copy their rivals when they set a valuation for him.
Nketiah is one of Arsenal’s top scorers this season, with five strikes in the Premier League, but he has been linked with a move to Crystal Palace, which is more likely to take place during the summer window.
Arsenal have been linked with several strikers including Victor Osimhen for the summer, and a sale of Nketiah would be pure profit in terms of financial fair play, which would create more spending room for a big-name forward to come in.
It was recently reported that Nketiah’s asking price has been set at around £30m, but Arsenal should now follow Chelsea’s stance over Armando Broja, and hold out for a higher fee.
Arsenal should copy Chelsea stance over Broja with Eddie Nketiah
It recently emerged that Chelsea are open to offers for Broja, as his status as a homegrown player would net them pure profit if he was sold, in FFP terms.
Chelsea value Broja at a whopping £50m, and are looking to sell him to make room for another forward.
Arsenal face a similar situation where Nketiah could make way for an upgrade, and produce pure FFP profit, but their previous £30m valuation now looks incorrect.
Nketiah has proven to be a much more useful player than Broja, and has featured regularly this season. If no one can match Arsenal’s asking price, then Mikel Arteta would likely be happy to keep him.
Nketiah is an England international, is two years older than Broja, and has played in 54% of Arsenal’s league minutes, compared to Broja’s 24%.
Broja has scored just three senior goals for Chelsea. Nketiah by comparison, has scored 38 for Arsenal.
Eddie Nketiah is worth more than Armando Broja
If Nketiah is sold for £30m, and Broja for more than that, then Arsenal will have gone seriously wrong somewhere in the process.
Nketiah should arguably be worth significantly more than the Chelsea striker based on several factors, and Arsenal have been guilty of underselling their players in the past.
It remains to be seen whether Broja does leave Chelsea, and what kind of fee he will be worth, but his valuation alone should prompt Arsenal into standing firm over Nketiah, and raising his asking price to the same level.
If Arsenal were looking to buy Nketiah from another club, then a £50m price tag may not be so outrageous for an England International at a top club, but if they do sell him for below his value, then there will be yet more frustration at Arsenal’s inability to profit as much as their rivals from sales.
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