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Jurrien Timber and Emile Smith Rowe left blown away by £30m star who Arsenal sold this summer

The Arsenal hierarchy had a clear strategy when it came to their summer transfer window: offload players on the periphery of things and sign high-profile replacements.

Edu and Mikel Arteta didn’t necessarily want to increase the size of the Arsenal squad, they just wan💙ted to fine tune it to improve the depth of quality available.

Unfortunately, that meant sell𒅌ing some very popular personalities in N5, 💞a lot of whom were graduates from the Hale End academy.

Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe both left, as well as Aaron Ramsd✤ale who also felt like part of the Emirates furniture at this point of his career.

Although the trio were deemed surplus to requirements in north London, all three are excellent talents, players who still have so much po🍸tential to improve.

And Nketiah is already proving sಞo at Crystal Palace.

Arsenal favourite Eddie Nketiah grabs his first goal for Crystal Palace

Nketiah made his Palace debut against Leicester City on the weekend, almost playing in a right-forward role beside Eber🦂echi𒀰 Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta.


Nketiah impressed Gary Lineker in his display, even if💝🧸 he wasn’t quite able to grab his first goal.

Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images
Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images

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That being said, thไat moment came on Tuesday evening when Nketiah put Palace ahead away to Queens Park Rangers in the EFL Cup.

The former Arsenal forward, who Palace paid for this summer, played 65 ಞminutes and scored the opening goal – a low driven shot that had too much pace for QPR’s keeper.

Nke🥃tiah’s celebration was then as familiar as his finish – pulling out his goalscoring phone by the corner flꦕag.

Following the game, Nketiah took to to celebrate the moment, uploading a p🐻ost with the caption: “The line is now open, looking forward to the next round!”

Jurrien Timber, Smith Rowe, Reiss Nelson and Eberechi Eze a𒅌ll then replied – a very popular figure in both north and south right now.

Jurrien Timber and Emile Smith Rowe react as former Arsenal teammate Eddie Nketiah scores his first Crystal Palace goal.
Jurrien Timber and Emile Smith Rowe react as former Arsenal teammate Eddie Nketiah scores his first Crystal Palace goal. Cr. (eddienketiah) © 2024 INSTAGRAM FROM META

Viktor Gyokeres scores on Champions League debut

Arsenal didn’t repl✃ace Nketiah this summer, seemingly deciding that the right opportunity wasn’t quite available.

However, Arsenal may return for Viktor Gyokeres in January according to reports.


Gyokeres is continuing to score an Erling Haaland level 💎of goals, and the Sporting CP grabbed his first in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

And whilst Nketiah is thriving elsewhere🤪 himself, perhaps Gyokeres may soon be competin🀅g against the striker in the Premier League for Arsenal.

Kai Havertz is certainly going nowhere at the E💯mirates, but it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise🌱 if Arsenal soon looked to move on Gabriel Jesus and seek an upgrade.