Arsenal legend Wright slams Nketiah

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has slammed Eddie Nketiah.

Wright blasted the 22-year-old for not making the most of his time on the pitch.

In an interview with the Arseblog podcast, he said: “For the last [however] many games we’ve got left, I would probably sit Eddie Nketiah down and say, ‘Listen, I don’t know what the f*** is going on in your head, but we’ve got rid of Aubameyang, you’re an up-and-coming striker.

“‘You were here in the spell when he wasn’t scoring, you’re here now when Alexandre Lacazette isn’t scoring, you’re a centre-forward and when you’re coming on I’m not seeing it’.

“He needs that talk to say there is an opening as a number nine at Arsenal for someone who can do this job, and he’s young enough to do that job and get in the box.

“And I’m thinking to myself, when I was coming through, I remember at Crystal Palace I had Trevor Aylott, Andy Gray, and all I was thinking was: ‘If I could just have one f***ing chance to have a run in this team’.

“And it does seem to me, when you look at Eddie as a striker who we thought of as the box striker that we need.

“I was thinking we had a replacement for Aubameyang and Lacazette – but what has happened to Eddie in that respect? Your job as a number nine is to take over from these guys!

“So that’s one of the most frustrating things for me, to see that there’s a striker there, I don’t know if he’s going to leave or not, it doesn’t seem like there’s any contract talks going on, maybe he’s made his mind up.”

Wright continued his rant, suggesting that there has been an issue behind the scenes which could have impacted Nketiah’s attitude.

He added: “But if you’re at Arsenal, in London, a team that’s so capable, the manager has got something, you could be that f***ing centre-forward there for f***ing years.

“Something has happened somewhere along the line.

“I don’t know what’s happened, because there’s an opportunity for someone to go into that team and be a number nine and he’s there – what’s going on?!

“I’m not hearing anything with his contract, is he leaving?”

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