{"id":288491,"date":"2023-09-03T22:08:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288491"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:08:21","slug":"eddie-nketiah-reveals-first-reaction-to-england-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/eddie-nketiah-reveals-first-reaction-to-england-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Nketiah reveals first reaction to England call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eddie Nketiah reveals he went &#8216;numb&#8217; after receiving his first senior England call-up&#8230; after previously heading for Arsenal exit and being courted by Ghana\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eddie Nketiah received his first senior England call-up by Gareth Southgate\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The striker had been on the verge of leaving Arsenal, and was courted by Ghana\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nketiah and Arsenal look forward to a heavyweight clash with Man United\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Nketiah says he froze with emotion when he heard that he had been called up for Gareth Southgate\u2019s England squad last week, a landmark moment after he appeared to be on the fringes of Arsenal at times in recent years, was on the verge of leaving last season and was courted by Ghana to play for their national team.<\/p>\n<p>With two goals in two starts this season, Nketiah has been rewarded with his promotion after forcing his way into contention at Arsenal and said: \u2018It was quite an emotional moment, to be fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019m not really one to get too emotional but part of my body just went numb. It was so nice to get that call and text and to see it announced officially.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My family are all proud of me, my dad, my mum, my two sisters. They\u2019ve been so supportive of me, taking me to every game and training session. My dad travelled for my first England under-19s game all the way to Qatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He\u2019s been around and it\u2019s nice to give something back, to have a day like this when he can be proud and the whole family can be proud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/06\/75005107-12475175-image-a-1_1693718389042.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Nketiah received his first senior England call-up by Gareth Southgate earlier this week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/06\/75005109-12475175-image-a-2_1693718773682.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nketiah turned his Arsenal career around and has previously been courted by Ghana<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/06\/75005121-12475175-image-a-3_1693718882827.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate could hand him his first senior cap against Ukraine or Scotland<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was with all of my family and a few friends were at the house as well. It\u2019s one that you can look back on and cherish because it\u2019s been a long journey here, a few ups and downs. It\u2019s nice to have something to show for it and celebrate. It\u2019s amazing, having come through the ranks as an academy boy and the youth groups with England. It\u2019s a nice feeling to have that natural progression to go the seniors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It\u2019s the pinnacle of recognition for a player that represents England. I\u2019m really happy to be there and really looking forward to meeting up with the boys.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah may well be back in the starting line-up for Arsenal against Manchester United today, though he now has to battle with fit-again Gabriel Jesus for his place and he says that even in training this week, the two points dropped at home to Fulham last weekend has served as motivation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s already started for us in training, we\u2019ve been pushing since the last game and having that competitiveness in training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We dropped a couple of points in the last game and we want to make up for that and get the three points for the fans this weekend. Everyone is focused on that. Obviously we have internationals after but we\u2019re all focused on the game on Sunday and making sure we put in a performance.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12475175\/Eddie-Nketiah-reveals-went-numb-receiving-senior-England-call-previously-looking-verge-leaving-Arsenal-courted-Ghana.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Nketiah reveals he went &#8216;numb&#8217; after receiving his first senior England call-up&#8230; after previously heading for Arsenal exit and being courted by Ghana\u00a0 Eddie Nketiah received his first senior England call-up by Gareth Southgate\u00a0 The striker had been on the verge of leaving Arsenal, and was courted by Ghana\u00a0 Nketiah and Arsenal look forward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eddie Nketiah reveals first reaction to England call-up - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/eddie-nketiah-reveals-first-reaction-to-england-call-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eddie Nketiah reveals first reaction to England call-up - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eddie Nketiah reveals he went &#8216;numb&#8217; 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