da pixbet： Whether Eddie Nketiah would return to Arsenal was one of football’s great questions in 2019.
da poker： Now 2020 is upon us we may finally find out what the Gunners want to do with the young forward.
On Monday, it was reported that the north London club would recall him within the next 48 hours, putting an end to speculation that initially saw claims battered away that he wouldn’t leave Leeds.
Yet, it’s actually something Arsenal have been thinking of since October when Nketiah met with their loans manager, Ben Knapper.
Given he’s only started one game in the league it’s hardly a surprise, especially with other willing suitors swooping around him.
But with the striker possibly on his way out and with Patrick Bamford’s fitness far from certain, there could be a rare chance on the horizon for someone who has only played under Marcelo Bielsa once.
The man in question is Ryan Edmondson. The teenager has had to wait patiently for a breakthrough and hasn’t played a competitive senior match for 466 days.
Back in September 2018, he played 19 minutes in a 2-1 defeat against Birmingham but barring a hat-trick against Tadcaster Albion in pre-season, chances have been few and far between.
Football Insider reported earlier this term that they could be willing to let him go out on loan, but the 18-year-old could finally earn his call at the beginning of January.
Leeds lack options in a forward area and if Nketiah walks through the exit door, Bamford will be the only experienced member at Bielsa’s disposal up front.
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Thus, if the Arsenal man departs and the Whites boss chooses to manage Bamford’s fitness, there may finally be game time on the horizon for Edmondson.
He’s played just two times for Leeds but the likelihood of that moving to three seems to be growing.
In other news, Phil Hay has revealed that Leeds won’t strengthen in a very specific area this month…