Mikel Arteta has been told to 'forget about' signing top target Alexander Isak - and warned he should have kept hold of Eddie Nketiah. Nketiah came through Arsenal's academy before being sold to Crystal Palace in a £30million deal last summer. The Englishman has struggled for game time at Selhurst Park and is yet to score in the Premier League for the Eagles.
He had mainly been used as an impact player at Arsenal, scoring 31 goals across his four years in the first-team. Goals are something the current Gunners side are badly missing as they look to mount a title challenge, while they are light in numbers up top following Gabriel Jesus' injury blow.
Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood believes Nketiah could have been the man to provide goals. Sherwood has insisted that the Gunners are likely 'ruing' the fact they let him leave the club. "I’m not sure the player who they need in front of goal is going to be out there in the January market. I think they’ll be looking for it, perhaps on a loan to bring someone in," he told Premier League Productions.
"They’re probably ruing the fact that Eddie Nketiah has left. I’m not saying he’s the answer but he would’ve been someone who would move in there now - he's a sniffer around the box, who can score goals, chances like that tonight you would’ve seen Eddie Nketiah taking them, even with a bit-part he played at Arsenal.
