Arsenal: 4 solutions to Eddie Nketiah striker problem

2. Sell Nketiah & Reintegrate Aubameyang

With his three-goal haul against Sunderland, Nketiah is now averaging a goal every 60 minutes this season, and has scored in each of the last three matches he has started. They were all Carabao Cup games, granted, but they’re still instances where the ball hits the back of the net.

Add in that he’s the record scorer for England’s Under-21 side and still only 22 years old, it would come as some shock if there weren’t a fair few clubs snooping around in January eyeing a cut-price deal for him.

There are always clubs in mid-season desperate for a striker: Brighton and Southampton have netted 14 and 16 goals respectively, while eighth place Wolves have just 13 in their 18 Premier League matches this term. Even clubs abroad will see this is a serious opportunity to snatch a bargain, as Nketiah will surely want out as soon as he can.

His post-match interview felt a lot like his mind was made up and he wasn’t going to change it.

As for the second part of this potential solution, reintegrating Aubameyang would be the best Arsenal could hope for…..if it worked.

It grows increasingly difficult to envisage an Arsenal team with him back in it, yet he remains the best striker at the club when he’s firing. The question is whether he will ever be ‘firing’ again. Furthermore, from a financial standpoint if the club can’t move him on then they have to find use for him and his £350k-per-week wages.

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