Eddie Nketiah is still in the news a few days after his heroic appearance in the EFL Cup against Norwich City. British media report Sunday that Arsenal intends to offer a new contract to the only eighteen-year-old attacker. The intention is for both parties to sit down at the table early next month.
Last month Nketiah made his official debut for Arsenal in the Europa League match against BATE Borisov (2-4). However, his second performance, Tuesday evening against Norwich City, was memorable: fifteen seconds after his invasion, he put the 1-1 on the scoreboard and forced him to extend it. With a good headball, the teenager then delivered the Londoners the win in the extension.
According to the latest reports from England, Arsenal will offer a wage increase of no less than 650 per cent and a new contract for five seasons. The attacker now strikes two thousand pounds a week, but the club wants to increase that to fifteen thousand pounds, almost seventeen thousand euros every seven days.
“I’m really impressed,”said manager Arsène Wenger after the cup competition,”he wasn’t even born when I was manager here. But that’s fine, life offers opportunities to young people. Nketiah is the first player to be born after the appointment of Wenger at Arsenal (22 September 1996) and scored for the Londoners.
A reasonable amount for Eddie Nketiah
