Patrick Vieira still doesn’t seem to know exactly who his best striker is at Crystal Palace, though he might have got a reminder on Wednesday night as to who it potentially could be next season.
Arsenal forward Eddie Nketiah has had an admirer in the Eagles since long before Vieira’s appointment as manager last summer and was reportedly the subject of two bids from the club during the January transfer window. The 22-year-old’s contract is set to expire at the end of the current campaign, with German clubs Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach both said to have an interest in the forward as well.
Nketiah has had a run of games for the Gunners of late featuring off the bench but until Wednesday night’s 4-2 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge he had not yet scored in the Premier League. That changed emphatically in west London as he opened the scoring against his old club after latching onto a mistake by Andreas Christensen, before stabbing a second home inside the box to put Arsenal 3-2 up in the second half.
