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Arsenal are set to cut short Eddie Nketiah’s loan spell with Leeds United.
The 20-year old striker joined Leeds on a season-long loan in August, and has scored 5 goals for the Championship club despite only starting for them twice, with the rest of his appearances coming off the bench.
He has missed the past month with an abdominal injury, but his lack of first-team opportunities at Elland Road have angered the North London club, and they have made Leeds fully aware of their displeasure.
Now they are ready to recall him in January, with a view to arranging another loan spell for him for the second part of the season, where he should see more first team action.
That could well be at Bristol City, who wanted to take the England under-21 international in the summer, and who are in the market for a new forward after losing Benik Afobe, who himself joined on loan from Stoke City, for the rest of the season, side-lined with a serious knee injury.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.