Nketiah Must Overthrow Lacazette – Wright

Ian Wright believes Eddie Nketiah must take back his position.

Nketiah has been left out of the squad and has been replaced by Alexandre Lacazette. However, the position must be fought for.

“We talked about Laca and people are talking about Laca’s got to be taken out. Maybe for just for himself, just to have a rest,” said Wright.

“Eddie now should be looking at what Laca does, why Laca’s in the team, why Laca’s being picked over him even though he’s not scoring. And he’s got to start learning about the progression of himself.

“Because by now, with the goals that we know he’s capable of scoring because he can get in the box and he can finish, he should be adding those other things to his game to be putting a bit more pressure on Laca, with all due respect to Laca.”

“He should have forced himself by now, especially with Laca,” he added.

“If he had gone on loan at the start of the season and Laca’s in the form he’s in, people would probably be saying, ‘What did you sent Eddie out on loan for? He should be there!’

“The fact is, if I had to speak to Eddie, I’d be saying, ‘Listen, I don’t know if you’ve recognised it but your opportunity is right now. As a No.9, if you want to play that role, it’s now’.

“Because you’ve got a No.9 at the moment who has low confidence, he brings so much to the team, but at the same time, if the manager has somebody that is a goal threat and doing that pretty well, he’d probably play you.

“He needs to get angry.”

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