‘Put respect on his name’: Darren Bent applauds £100k-a-week Arsenal player

Mikel Arteta’s side beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the Emirates on Saturday, as Eddie Nketiah pounced on a lovely skill by Gabriel Martinelli to open the scoring from inside the penalty area.

That led to former Tottenham player Bent, who is a boyhood Arsenal fan, applauding the Hale-End star on Twitter.

Nketiah has come under serious pressure from last season and how he seemingly isn’t up to the standard of a team trying to win the Premier League title.

The £100k-a-week star (Spotrac) stepped in for Gabriel Jesus last season when he got injured post-World Cup.

And once again, he is doing the same and hoping for better results, with Bent giving his backing, his comment was even liked by Nketiah himself.

“Put some respect on his name @EddieNketiah9,” wrote Bent, added with clapping emojis.

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Big season for Nketiah

Even though Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka hit double figures in the Premier League last season.

There are many calling for Arsenal to buy that ’20-goal’ striker from the summer transfer market.

Even though they have Nketiah, who is your typical poacher, he will clearly feel that’s people doubting his ability, so with Jesus injured, then this is his chance to prove those doubters wrong.