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Arsenal forward Eddie Nketiah  is on the verge of joining Crystal Palace from Arsenal for a fee worth up to £30 million.

Eddie Nketiah: Arsenal striker nears £30 million Crystal Palace switch | Pulse Ghana

Emmanuel Ayamga

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<p>A report by transfer expert Fabrizio Romano said the Eagles have agreed a deal with Arsenal, where they'll pay a fixed fee of £25 million with an additional £5 million in ad-ons.</p>

<p><em>“Eddie Nketiah to Crystal Palace, here we go! Deal in place between clubs for £25m fixed fee plus £5m add-ons. Nketiah already accepted to join #CPFC two days ago and he’s now set to complete medical tests. Permanent move as Arsenal wanted, green light arrived,”</em> Romano wrote on X.</p>

<p>Nketiah has spent the last nine years at Arsenal after joining the Gunners' academy from Chelsea in 2015. While he managed to break into the North London outfit's first team, he has had very limited game time under Mikel Arteta.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Nketiah remains eligible to play for Ghana despite already representing England. The forward, who was born in England but traces his roots to Ghana due to their parents, has been on the radar of the Ghana FA for years.</p>

<p>In 2022, he was in Ghana for vacation, which heightened speculation over his international future tilting towards the West African country.</p>

Eddie Nketiah: It was really hard to choose Ghana after England call-up

<p>There were also reports that he had acquired a Ghanaian passport but speculations over a nationality switch went cold after<a data-link-role-code="open_new_tab" href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/sports/football/black-stars/eddie-nketiah-it-was-really-hard-to-choose-ghana-after-england-call-up/qyh6zv1"> he received an England call-up last September.</a></p>

<p>Although Nketiah did not feature in the Euro 2024 qualifier against Ukraine and the friendly against Scotland at Hampden Park, he finally made his Three Lions debut a month later against Australia as a second-half substitute.</p>

<h2>Nketiah keeps options open after consistent England snub</h2>

<p>With his chances of playing for England dwindling even further since then, the 25-year-coule be open to representing Ghana after previously not closing the door on a possible nationality switch.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨🇬🇭 Eddie Nketiah says he’s open to play for Ghana or England. <a href="https://t.co/MGq16beLra">pic.twitter.com/MGq16beLra</a></p>&mdash; Ghana Naija Ballers (@GHNaijaBallers) <a href="https://twitter.com/GHNaijaBallers/status/1828029720727871680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p><em>“Obviously, my parents are both Ghanaians, and I’m from a Ghanaian heritage. It’s a possibility, I’m open to both, whether that’s playing for Ghana and England as well,”</em> he said on the Beautiful Game podcast two years ago.</p>

<p><em>“I’ve played for the England youth teams so obviously when I was younger they called me up to go and play for them.”</em></p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨🔴🔵 Eddie Nketiah to Crystal Palace, here we go! Deal in place between clubs for £25m fixed fee plus £5m add-ons.<br><br>Nketiah already accepted to join <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CPFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CPFC</a> two days ago and he’s now set to complete medical tests.<br><br>Permanent move as Arsenal wanted, green light arrived. <a href="https://t.co/sF64SndvL5">pic.twitter.com/sF64SndvL5</a></p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href="https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1828401049930969182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<p>Meanwhile, Nketiah's move to Crystal Palace is seen as a direct replacement for Jordan Ayew, who joined Leicester City last week in a £8 million deal. </p>

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