Crystal Palace have completed a £30 million deal for Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah.
Palace announced Nketiah’s signing in a statement released on their website on Friday night.
The fee for Nketiah is £25m up front, plus £5m in performance-related add-ons.
Nottingham Forest previously agreed a deal with Arsenal for the 25-year-old England international, but couldn’t come to a resolution with the player, while an unnamed European club were also interested in him.
Nketiah, who scored 38 goals in 168 games in all competitions in seven years at Arsenal, including 19 times in 116 Premier League matches, has left the Emirates in order to get more regular first-team football.
The forward started out in Chelsea’s youth system, but moved to Arsenal aged 14.
He lifted the FA Cup with Arsenal in 2019/20 and, in October 2020, he broke the England Under-21s goalscoring record, finishing with 16 goals in just 17 games at that level. His senior England bow arrived last October, debuting for the Three Lions against Australia.
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