Month: September 2019

Nabil Fekir says “lots of lies were told” about his failed move to Liverpool last summer.

Fekir was expected to move to Anfield in June 2018 after Liverpool agreed a £53m fee with Lyon to sign him.

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But the French side broke off negotiations soon after, with reports emerging that the player had either failed his medical or Liverpool tried to renege on the deal after an issue with his knee was uncovered.

Liverpool have been particularly quiet on the situation, with Jurgen Klopp uttering just 68 words on Fekir and shrouding the actual details in mystery.

The player, now at Real Betis, says “lots of lies were told” at the time and that “even I don’t know” the truth as to why Liverpool pulled out of the deal.

“I tried not to let it affect me but it did play on my mind, even if it was unconscious and I kept telling myself that it was just fate,” he told L’Equipe.

“I still think about it, but with no regrets.

“Lots of lies were told and they affected me. Especially those told about my family. It hurt them and me, especially when you know that what’s being told is false.

“But when you are a good person in life, you always end up being happy and at peace. And today I am happy and at peace. Others are not. But lets not go into detail.

“What was said is not the truth. My knee is good – I had a quick medical check at Clairefontaine – my knee wasn’t even mentioned.

“If my knee had been in such a bad state, would Aulas have made [a huge offer to keep me]?

“But the worst thing is the idea that people could suggest that it’s because of my family that the transfer didn’t happen. It’s a lie. But you have to live with it.

“You want the truth? Even I don’t know – I promise you. I did my medical and then [Liverpool] decided not to sign me.

“At some point they wanted to have me believe it was because of my knee – but an excuse needed to be found.”

 

Scotland manager Steve Clarke set his players the target of finishing third and going into the Euro 2020 play-offs with confidence after admitting their automatic qualification hopes had died.

A 4-0 home defeat by Belgium made it four defeats from six qualifiers and saw Scotland drop to fifth place in Group I, nine points off second-placed Russia and one behind both Kazakhstan and Cyprus.

“The group’s over in terms of qualification,” said Clarke, whose predecessor Alex McLeish led Scotland to Nations League success last autumn.

“It doesn’t look good where we are in the table now. There’s 12 points up for grabs and we have to make sure we finish third in the group, in terms of rankings and seedings.

“And if we finish third it will mean we have performed well, which should give us confidence going into the play-off games in March.”

Clarke, who has now lost three of his first four games, said: “I don’t like losing games, I don’t like losing games heavily, so we have to address that in the next four games.

“It’s not always about building, I’m not going to experiment in the next four games. I don’t have to experiment, I have to work with the players who are at my disposal and I have to try and make us better and certainly more resilient defensively.”

Clarke was hugely frustrated at the manner of the three first-half goals.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring after Belgium counter-attacked through a wide open Scotland rearguard, and then Thomas Vermaelen and Toby Alderweireld headed home following corners.

“We shot ourselves in the foot in the first half from our set play, 10 seconds later we are 1-0 down after nine minutes,” he said.

“It was a decent nine minutes, we started on the front foot again and pressed well, but then we have been heavily punished from two corner kicks.

“We spoke before the game, when you play against a team of Belgium’s quality, who are capable of scoring from open play, it’s almost imperative that you don’t concede from set-pieces and from three set-pieces we find ourselves 3-0 down, having played some good football in the first half.

“Even at 1-0 we didn’t buckle, we stayed strong, tried to press and move the ball, but it’s very difficult to try and sell positives when you have lost 4-0 at home.”

When asked what encouragement he could take, Clarke said: “I think if people look at certain aspects of the game, the way we tried to pass the ball, the way we tried to press a very good team.

“It’s difficult to press Belgium because they pass the ball very well, but at times we got it right.

“You can’t avoid the scoreline and I’m not trying to avoid the scoreline but there were moments in the game where we looked as though we could become a decent team given time to grow.”

Belgium boss Roberto Martinez backed up Clarke’s point.

The former Motherwell midfielder, whose wife is Scottish, said: “I know it’s frustrating, I’m half Scottish and everyone knows how passionate we are.

“But international football is about having a long-term plan. This group of players have got the talent and desire to play for Scotland.

“The manner they have played in the last few games, it’s clear there are positive signs.

“This is a long-term plan for Scottish football and I think it’s bright if everyone can have a long-term vision.”

Phil Neville’s side will attempt to maintain their perfect start to the Women’s World Cup – but there could be silver lining in defeat

England will secure top spot in Group D of the Women’s World Cup if they avoid defeat against Japan in Nice on Wednesday.

Phil Neville’s side have already secured narrow victories over both Argentina and Scotland, propelling them to the summit of the standings and to the brink of a simpler draw on paper for the last 16.

Japan, the 2011 winners and 2015 runners-up, have proven the quality of a new generation. After drawing with Argentina and deservedly overcoming Scotland, they have already qualified for the knockout stages, regardless of the outcome of their final group game.

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Game	Japan women vs England women
Date	Wednesday, June 19
Time	8:00pm BST / 3:00pm ET
Stream (US)	fubo TV (7-day free trial)

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US TV channel	Online stream
Fox Sports 1	fubo TV (7-day free trial)

In the United Kingdom (UK), the game will be broadcast on BBC One. It can be streamed from BBC iPlayer or the BBC Sport app.

UK TV channel	Online stream
BBC One	BBC iPlayer / BBC Sport app

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England are boosted by the return of Barcelona attacker Toni Duggan, who missed the opening two matches of the competition due to a thigh strain.

Although Phil Neville has said that he wants to reward those who have played well thus far with more game time, pragmatism may take charge and rotation to preserve the energy reserves of his star players is possible.

Possible England starting XI: Bardsley; Bronze, Houghton, McManus, Greenwood; Moore; Parris, Scott, Kirby, Duggan; Taylor

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England are priced as 23/20 favourites with Bet365. Japan can be backed at 13/5, while a draw is available at 21/10.

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Wednesday’s Women’s World Cup clash at the Stade de Nice offers England a chance to show how far they have come over the last four years.

In Canada 2015, they were defeated, heartbreakingly, 2-1 by Japan at the semi-final stage, with a stoppage-time own goal from Laura Bassett denying them the opportunity to meet the USA in the final.

There is a belief that the game has developed, grown and improved since then, with successive wins over Scotland and Argentina already ensuring that Phil Neville’s side will return to the knockout stages of the 2019 edition.

“Potentially this tie is a little more intense; in 2015 maybe we overachieved a little bit,” right-back Lucy Bronze explained on the eve of this clash. “We played very well in that semi-final and I think we probably could have won it, but now we have more belief. We want to win against any team that is in front of us to get to the final. We know we can.”

Should England win the group, however, it would place them in the same half of the draw as the USA and France – two of the hot favourites to go all the way in the competition. Would second, therefore, be more favourable? Neville has refused to be drawn on the subject.

“There is a long way to go; we have not looked beyond tomorrow night to be honest,” he said on Tuesday. “There are pitfalls to finishing first or second, but we are going out tomorrow night to win with the strongest team possible and the performance we’ve see in the last two games.

“My view is that we want to win seven games in this World Cup.

“I’ve got to be honest with you, I would bite your legs off to win tomorrow night.”

Japan, meanwhile, are not considered to be the force they once were. The team is in a stage of transition, with the average age of the squad just 24, while 17 of their 23-strong panel were without a World Cup appearance before the competition.

That has not stopped them booking a last-16 place with a match to spare and has fired the confidence of midfielder Emi Nakajima, who is targeting another win against the Lionesses.

“I want to finish this phase with good results and good performances,” she said. “The quality of Japanese football comes in combination play. Our aim is to possess the ball and methodically advance towards the goal.”

England have faced Japan three times in World Cup play previously: winning one, drawing one and losing one.

The veteran attacker has made it clear she does not like being a substitute, and she showed she still has got plenty to give against Chile on Sunday

Carli Lloyd has made it very clear that she does not like being a substitute.

Lloyd, a two-time world player of the year, has been forced to accept a bench role with the U.S. women’s national team as her career reaches its twilight phase.

Many players in Lloyd’s position would spout platitudes about being happy to do whatever is best for the team, but that is not who Lloyd is.

“If I was satisfied with that, I really shouldn’t be here,” Lloyd said on Friday. “There’s honestly nothing there that’s holding me back except for the coach’s decision.”

On Sunday, Lloyd provided the perfect performance to back her words up.

Starting as part of a heavily rotated squad in the USWNT’s second World Cup game, Lloyd came out with a fierce determination to score against Chile, and it did not take her long to do so, as she netted the first goal of the game with a fantastic half-volley from the top of the box.

Lloyd was not done though, as later in the first half she got on the end of Tierna Davidson’s driven corner kick to head home her second of the night and her team’s third.

In the second half, Lloyd showed her versatility by moving from forward back to midfield, where she played for most of her career. She nearly sealed a perfect performance with a hat-trick, but blazed a penalty wide in the game’s latter stages.

The U.S. still booked a spot in the round of 16 with a comfortable 3-0 win that would have been a much higher margin of victory were it not for the heroics of Christiane Endler in the Chilean goal.

After the game on Sunday, Lloyd restated the self-belief that has taken her far in her career.

“This is the best version of me that I’ve ever been playing in my career,” Lloyd said. “Whether you put me up top, whether you put me in the midfield, i can do it.”

Lloyd would still be starting for most teams at the World Cup, but she has been the victim of an excessively talented U.S. roster, especially in attack.

But as she approaches her 37th birthday, Lloyd produced a record-setting performance on Sunday to once again show that she has got more than a little left in the tank.

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Lloyd has had to change her game over the past two years, making the transition from midfield to forward, but her intense training regiment has helped make her position change go relatively smooth.

“The preperation has been there, this doesn’t just magically come out of a hat and I’m going to score a couple goals here and there,” Lloyd said.

“These last four years I’ve reinvented my whole game, I’ve become really fit, age isn’t a factor, my ability isn’t a factor.”

Her teammates have also been impressed with the work she’s put in off the field.

“Carli is a phenomenal athlete and a phenomenal teammate and seeing her journey from the last World Cup and the Olympics until now is really actually inspiring for me,” Christen Press said. 

“Just her work ethic day in and day out and her appetite for this big moment, I think she’s really grown into it and she’s playing as good as I’ve ever seen her now.”

Lloyd’s goals meant she set a record by becoming the first player to score in her sixth consecutive World Cup match, while she also became the oldest player in World Cup history to score two goals in a game.

With 10 goals, Lloyd now only trails Michelle Akers (12) and Abby Wambach (14) for most career World Cup goals for the USWNT.

Lloyd, who scored a hat trick in the 2015 World Cup final, stepped her game up as the World Cup approached, scoring five goals in her team’s final five games leading up to the tournament in France.

The veteran attacker then scored the 13th and final goal her side’s demolition of Thailand to open the World Cup, leading to her starting opportunity against Chile.

As she has done so many times in her career, Lloyd took her chance. She may be destined to spend a significant portion of this World Cup on the bench, but she has made it clear that she is not going to go quietly.

The full-back is aiming for glory at the upcoming tournament after disappointment last summer

Torino exercised their option to buy Ola Aina from Chelsea for £8.7 million ($11m) after a successful campaign on loan, but this season has done more than secure a long-term club – it also sees the 22-year-old make the African Cup of Nations after disappointingly missing out on the World Cup.

Aina was one of those placed on Gernot Rohr’s stand-by list and as such only narrowly missed the cut for Nigeria’s 23-man squad in Russia, despite having switched national allegiances from England to the Super Eagles.

Born in London to two Nigerian parents, long-time national team captain and former Chelsea team-mate John Obi Mikel had been laying the charm offensive on Aina to switch countries. The youngster did so and says he has no regrets as he aims for glory in Egypt.

“I just missed out on the World Cup last time, that was hard to not go,” Aina told Goal. “African Cup of Nations is around the corner and to play in it is a big thing for me. To compete and play after two times not qualifying for it, it’s really special for me to be involved in it.

“After I missed the World Cup, I bounced back quickly and moved on. You take that disappointment and turn it into hunger and desire to be in this tournament and be selected. It has just pushed me to be even more determined. Now I’m ready to go and do my best.

“We are going well. Training is at a high level. There’s a good spirit. The preparation has been good. I think everyone is confident. Everyone is happy. Everyone is at ease and it’s a good vibe to be around. We are raring to go.

“We would love to win it because the nation has missed out on two of these tournaments and the one before, we won. So, we want to go there, do our best and to try to win this tournament. I think everyone has improved in our young squad. I have improved in certain aspects.

“I have still got a lot more to improve on. I’m not the finished article. Mentally, I have been able to improve to deal with setbacks better and quicker. I’m better physically and definitely tactically. I am always improving and you feel the improvements.”

Now on seven caps and with over a year playing for the national team, Aina is increasing his status in the sport as he exits the 38-man strong Chelsea loan group.

Nigeria’s final warm-up game is against Sadio Mane and Kalidou Koulibaly’s Senegal, who many are calling favourites to win this year’s tournament. Aina admits that Senegal are one of the leading contenders but is excited about testing himself against some of the world’s best players – including a group of stars who won the Champions League with Liverpool.

“Everyone would say Senegal are one of the favourites,” he added. “They have a very good team and they did very well at the World Cup that just went. They will be very difficult. I don’t think we are looking at our opposition too much, we are trying to focus on ourselves and be the best we can be.

“You have players like [John Obi] Mikel and [Wilfred] Ndidi in our team. Then there is Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita all at Liverpool, the European champions. There are a lot of big players in these African teams. To go up against them and compete with them is a good thing for me.

“You see these guys on TV all the time and achieving great things, then you play them, it is surreal at times. It is my job though and you keep it professional.”

The Super Eagles have Burundi, Guinea and Madagascar in their group and they will kick off their campaign next Saturday.

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After successive defeats in friendly matches, the USMNT are expected to breeze past the lowest-ranked team in their Gold Cup opener

The U.S. national team get their Gold Cup campaign underway against Guyana in Minnesota on Wednesday, with their preparations cast under a cloud after defeats to Jamaica and Venezuela.

While the USWNT is at the Women’s World Cup justifying their tag as tournament favorites, back home Gregg Berhalter’s side have a good deal of work to do if they are to turn their fortunes around and regain the title they won in 2017.

Against Guyana, the lowest FIFA-ranked team in the tournament and a nation making its debut on the major tournament stage, they are expected to win – and win handsomely.

Game	USA vs Guyana
Date	Tuesday, June 18
Time	3:00am BST / 10:00pm ET
Stream (US)	fubo TV (7-day free trial)

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In the United States (US), the game can be watched on BeINSports and  live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) .

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Fox Sports 1 / Univision Deportes / UniMas	fubo TV (7-day free trial)

In the United Kingdom (UK), the game will be available to watch via FreeSports.

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FreeSports	N/A

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Tyler Adams and Duane Holmes withdrew from Gregg Berhalter’s initial squad and have been replaced by Reggie Cannon and Djordje Mihailovic respectively.

USMNT starting XI: Steffen; Lima, Zimmerman, Long, Ream; McKennie, Bradley, Pulisic; Arriola, Zardes, Boyd

Position	Guyana squad
Goalkeepers	Clarke, Murray, Roberts
Defenders	Layne, Daniel, Dover, Marsh-Brown, Cox, Gordon, Vancooten, Briggs
Midfielders	Bonds, Wilson, Danns, Duke-McKenna, Creavalle, Jeffrey
Forwards	Marsh-Brown, Holder, Welshman, Harriott, Schultz, Ondaan

Guyana boss Michael Johnson is expected to set up his team very defensively.

The Golden Jaguars were hit with the withdrawal of Philadelphia Union midfielder Warren Creavalle, arguably their star player, shortly before the tournament began.

Possible Guyana starting XI: Murray; Layne, Gordon, Briggs; Duke-McKenna, Cox, Danns, Bonds, Daniel; Harriott, Welshman

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The U.S. are super-hot favourites to win this match with Bet365, priced 1/50. Guyana are 50/1 outsiders and a draw is priced at 14/1.

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The USMNT has not played a competitive match since the team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals nearly two years ago and recent friendly defeats against Jamaica and Venezuela have shown that Gregg Berhalter’s outfit is still one that is being molded.

However, the expectation levels upon the team are high ahead of a Gold Cup that they host: this team is expected to reach the final – if not successfully defend its trophy.

The Americans have been forced to wait patiently to join their own party, with the USA and Guyana the last teams to play their first matches.

Mexico, its main rivals for the title, have already served notice of their intent with a stunning 7-0 win over Cuba, a side a couple of spots higher than Guyana in the FIFA Ranking.

Guyana, meanwhile, is in the competition to play the role of spoilers. This is the first major tournament for a team, of which 11 play in England, eight of which are drawn from non-league football.

It qualified off the back of finishing seventh in the CONCACAF Nations League, though their pre-tournament friendlies do not bode well for their chances this summer, with a 1-0 loss against fellow debutants Bermuda followed by a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Haiti.

With few expectations upon their performance, the best they can realistically hope for is simply to be competitive among the big boys for the first time, with forward Emery Welshman hoping to catch the eye after scoring seven times in nine previous internationals.

“We’ll show no fear,” head coach Michael Johnson has promised. “We didn’t come this far to not go out on the pitch and give our best, so expect the boys to have a go at the USA.

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“I’ve seen statements that don’t give us a chance, written us off; we won’t score a goal, easy game for America.

“But internally, I think there is an inner belief and a real resilience that that’s the case and I think that’s where the pressure comes from us in our own environment, thinking we can do a lot better than the so-called armchair pundits, press, players from America and coaching staff have said.”

This will be the first meeting of the countries and it is one that the USA is expected to win comfortably.

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The Lionesses are seeking World Cup glory in France – but how much to England’s top female professionals get paid?

With the 2019 Women’s World Cup in full swing in France, never before has the subject of equality in football been so to the forefront of public attention.

While there have been disputes in the game over the treatment of female teams compared to their male counterparts – Ballon d’Or Feminin winner Ada Hegerberg is in international exile from Norway due to their lack of professionalism – it is the pay gap that has caught much of the attention.

In particular, the US women’s national team, the defending world champion, has been in dispute with the country’s FA over payment, while Australia have successfully fought to achieve pay parity.

England, meanwhile, are one of the favourites to dethrone the Americans, but how do wages of the average professional in the Women’s Super League stack up against their male counterparts in the Premier League?

England international players are given central contracts from the FA, which stand separately from club contracts and net players a minimum of £25,000 per year. A further £5,000 is available through bonuses.

These were introduced in 2009, with 17 players initially given deals, and now encompass 33 professionals stratified into four sections, from promising youngsters through to veterans.

Players playing their club football abroad are also eligible for these contracts, which expire in December 2019.

The Times, however, have reported that the Lionesses are set to earn more than £50,000 each in bonuses if they win the World Cup. This payout would be exceed more than what some of the players would usually earn from a whole year’s worth of football.

On top of these contracts, players earn money from their club sides, who naturally pay players of differing importance varying salaries.

It’s reported that Manchester City and England Women’s national team captain Steph Houghton earns £65,000 a year before tax, though she receives an exceptional salary.

In the WSL, the average figure is reportedly around £27,000, although recent restructuring means that there are increasingly fewer players only receiving £5,000-£10,000 per annum from the game.

Unlike the Premier League, though, the English top flight is not the superpower in the game. Instead, clubs from France – with Lyon leading the way – lead spending in the women’s game, with an average salary of around £35,718 in Ligue 1 Feminin, including the three biggest earners in the sport: Wendie Renard, Amandine Henry and Hegerberg, all of whom are with OL.

Renard and Henry both earn around the £300,000-per-year mark, while Hegerberg is on £343,000.

Nevertheless, these figures pale into comparison with the top stars in the English game.

Even ignoring Gareth Bale of Real Madrid and Aaron Ramsey, who will reportedly pocket £300,00 per week at Juventus, top male stars earn drastically more than their female counterparts.

Raheem Sterling is reportedly the highest paid English player in the game, netting £300,000 in wages each week, which is around 52 times more than the top female players in the world.

Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane, Luke Shaw and Ross Barkley, meanwhile, all make substantially more than £150,000-per-week, according to reports – and that’s before sponsorship deals, which are again many magnitudes higher in the men’s game than the women’s game.

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The Lionesses’ manager criticised Cameroon’s behaviour during the last 16 game that was marred by VAR controversy

England Women’s team manager Phil Neville has not backed away from his criticism of the behaviour of Cameroon’s players and staff during their controversial defeat to Neville’s team in the Women’s World Cup second round game on Sunday.

The Cameroon players reacted poorly to two VAR decisions – one awarded to England after initially being disallowed at the end of the first-half, while Cameroon had a goal chalked off after it had been given just after the restart. Each was the result of a marginal offside call.

The African side protested both decisions, and after the England goal was awarded they delayed the subsequent kick-off to have an impromptu team huddle in the centre-circle.

Neville was clear that he would not accept similar actions from his charges, and laid the blame at the feet of Alain Djeufmadid in the opposition dugout.

“When I started in management, I think Arsene Wenger told me the team mirror the manager,” Neville told a press conference after the game.

“And their team mirrored the manager. If that was any of my players, and it wouldn’t ever be any of my players, they would never play for England again with that sort of behaviour.”

The former Manchester United man sought to praise the referee, Qin Liang of China, for the way she handled the protests, and even her failure to award what he thought should have been a penalty to England as the game wore down.

“I feel sorry for the referee,” he continued.

“The decisions were correct, and I think at the end the referee was probably trying to protect football by not giving the penalty, not giving the sending off.

“She was trying to protect football and I admire her unbelievably for that.”

Neville also urged Cameroon to back away from criticisms of the officials after the game, saying they should consider their own behaviour.

“I think what we’ve seen today is we’ve seen people fighting in the VIP area, we’ve seen Cameroon people fighting at our hotel and we’ve seen that behaviour on the field.

“So I would say get your ship in order before you start throwing stones.

“I’m just proud of my players, I’m proud of the organisation I work for, because we’ve handled ourselves with class.”

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The promising 20-year-old frontman is determined to remain at Emirates Stadium this summer and prove that he can play a regular role under Unai Emery

Eddie Nketiah intends to remain at Arsenal this summer as he believes he is “good enough” to compete with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette for a starting spot.

At 20 years of age, the Gunners academy graduate is still learning his trade.

He has figured in first-team plans at Emirates Stadium across the last two seasons, but has found regular minutes hard to come by.

Ten outings were taken in during the 2017-18 campaign and a further nine last season.

Unai Emery handed him just three starts, with Golden Boot winner Aubameyang and France international Lacazette being favoured.

It has been suggested that such competition for places will force Nketiah to look elsewhere for minutes, with the likes of Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe having taken in loan spells in 2018-19.

The England U21 international is, however, convinced that he can make his mark in north London.

He told Sky Sports of his future plans: “I’m going to go back to Arsenal and see where I stand.

“I’ve prepared well to go back into pre-season but I need see what plans the manager has for me and we’ll take it from there. At the moment I am returning back to Arsenal and will give it my all.

“[Lacazette and Aubameyang] are good players but there are a lot of good players in every position at Arsenal.

“You have to believe in yourself and believe that you are good enough to play. I think I am good enough to play for this club.”

Nketiah committed to a long-term contract with Arsenal in December 2017.

He had only signed his first professional terms a little over a year prior to that.

The Gunners continue to hold him in high regard, but are blessed with prolific options in the final third of the field and it remains to be seen if he’ll eventually look to leave on loan should he struggle for regular first-team minutes.

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The Switzerland international has become the first permanent signing for Premier League new boys after joining from the Bundesliga

Championship winners Norwich City have confirmed the signing of Josip Drmic from Borussia Monchengladbach.

Drmic, 26, joins on free transfer and has penned a three-year deal at Carrow Road, after four seasons with Gladbach.

The Switzerland striker is Norwich’s second new arrival ahead of the 2019-20 season after Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts joined on loan.

“I’m coming to the Premier League and I can now challenge in the best league in the world,” Drmic told the official Norwich website.

“I’m going to do everything and give 100 per cent on the pitch. I will be ready to give everything for the club. My job is scoring but I also want to help my team and help us be successful.

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“When I first came to Norwich, the first thing I noticed was how kind everybody was. It’s given me a lot of positive energy and I’m excited to see what happens.”

Drmic, who has also played for Nurnberg, Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg, scored only seven Bundesliga goals for Gladbach during his time at the club.

“We made it clear we wanted to sign a new striker and we’ve found a guy who has proved himself at the highest level,” said Norwich head coach Daniel Farke. 

“He has lots of Bundesliga appearances and has a very good record for the Switzerland national team.

“He has had a difficult couple of years with injuries, but we feel he is the full package. Two or three years ago, some of the biggest clubs in Europe were interested in him. He is a great character and a good guy, and we feel his best days are still to come.”

Drmic made just five appearances for Borussia Monchengladbach last season but managed two goals in the Bundesliga.