Ligue 1 club trying to seal deal for Arsenal star, Gunners will only allow player to leave if they receive £30m - Reports

According to Daily Mail, Olympique de Marseille are interested in Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah. Roberto De Zerbi has recently taken charge of Marseille after leaving Brighton & Hove Albion.

The Gunners are open to letting the striker leave. However, they will only if they receive £30 million. Marseille's current offer is deemed as too low, as per the aforementioned report.

Nketiah, 25, made 168 appearances across competitions for the Gunners, scoring 38 goals and providing seven assists. Last season, he made 37 appearances, scoring six goals and providing three assists as the Gunners registered successive runner-up finishes in the Premier League.

However, he only started 13 games, and his game time is not expected to improve this season. That's because Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossard are ahead of him in the pecking order.

Nketiah is an academy product of the north London club and is contracted with them till the end of the 2026-27 season. Former Gunners man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has left Marseille to join Al-Quadsiah, so they are pursuing Nketiah.

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Emile Smith Rowe reacts after joining Fulham from Arsenal

Fulham has completed a move for Emile Smith Rowe for a club record £34 million. Smith Rowe joined Arsenal as a 10-year-old and made his first-team debut in 2018.

After completing his move to the Cottagers, the Gunners midfielder said (via BBC):

"I'm finally here, so I'm really happy for me and my family- it's a good moment. I'm really excited, I just wanted to get here as quickly as possible so I could get going with my teammates."

Smith Rowe added that the Fulham project, speaking to manager Marco Silva and the players the Cottagers helped him make his mind up to seal the move. Fans will keep a keen eye on how his career pans out at Fulham.