{"id":291405,"date":"2023-09-05T23:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291405"},"modified":"2023-09-05T23:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T23:36:20","slug":"nketiah-pays-tribute-to-mentors-wright-and-henry-after-england-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/nketiah-pays-tribute-to-mentors-wright-and-henry-after-england-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Nketiah pays tribute to mentors Wright and Henry after England call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eddie Nketiah pays tribute to mentors Ian Wright and Thierry Henry as he hails their influence on his career&#8230; with the Arsenal striker now hoping to make an impact for England<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eddie Nketiah will have the advice of two Arsenal greats ringing in his ears\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ahead of potential England senior debut, he hailed Ian Wright and Thierry Henry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Nketiah will attempt to make an England impact this week with the words of two of Arsenal&#8217;s greatest strikers ringing in his ears.<\/p>\n<p>Following a strong start to the season at club level, the 24-year-old has received his first senior call-up by Gareth Southgate for the forthcoming Euro 2024 qualifier against Ukraine in Poland on Saturday, followed by a friendly against Scotland at Hampden Park on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah&#8217;s journey to the top has not always been smooth yet his mentors are better than most. Both Ian Wright and Thierry Henry have taken a close interest in Nketiah&#8217;s career and he feels he owes them a debt of gratitude for making it this far.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thierry has been magnificent for me,&#8217; said Nketiah. &#8216;I was coached by him as a first-year scholar at Arsenal at 16 and it was amazing &#8211; one of my best and most enjoyable seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was able to bounce ideas off him and he gave me a lot of confidence. Still to this day when I see him he is still supportive and still really helpful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/22\/75095327-0-image-a-5_1693949182996.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Nketiah has hailed Thierry Henry and Ian Wright after his first senior England call-up<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/22\/75095347-0-image-a-6_1693949186650.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal striker Nketiah praised Henry (above) for instilling him with confidence as a youngster<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/22\/75095437-0-image-a-7_1693949191430.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wright (left, with Nketiah during his loan at Leeds in 2019-20) has given the frontman advice<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He came in and saw the quality I had when I was 16 or 17 and said that I just needed to believe in myself. It&#8217;s one of the best pieces of advice I&#8217;ve received. He knows what he&#8217;s talking about, so it&#8217;s not a bad feeling to hear that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wear No14 on my shirt, which is always a number I&#8217;ve liked but Thierry wearing it for Arsenal made it a lot more special. When the number was available and offered to me, I embraced it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ian Wright has also given me a lot of advice over the years and been supportive. I saw him at a photo shoot recently and we were talking about the start of the season, how well I have done. I am sure in time I will speak to him about playing for England too.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nketiah is one of a number of forwards attempting to claim the spot as first reserve to Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<p>He is keen to learn as much as possible from the England captain and admits that his move to Bayern Munich from Tottenham has broken the ice a little.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It makes the conversation a little bit easier now he has made the move,&#8217; smiled Nketiah. &#8216;I might have a few notes in my phone of what to ask him about.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/22\/75095333-0-image-a-8_1693949198186.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After a strong start to the season at club level, Gareth Southgate named the ace in his squad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/22\/75095337-0-image-a-9_1693949222352.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nketiah is one of a number of forwards attempting to claim the spot as Harry Kane&#8217;s back-up<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve had my first session so I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be in his ear all week &#8211; getting tips and learning. It&#8217;s another great opportunity to improve and see what other top strikers do, how they prepare for games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not just Harry. There are loads of great attacking players here. I can see what they do, notice the little things I do differently and try to steal a few things. It will be nice to experience.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like his new Arsenal team-mate Declan Rice, Nketiah was discarded by Chelsea as a youngster only to bounce back in north London.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;It is funny how life works sometimes. Declan and I have done the full 360 to be back together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Being released as a youngster gives you an awakening &#8211; just knowing things can change like that and you can lose everything you have worked for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It gives you that extra bit of motivation and resilience when times are hard. I&#8217;m able to dig a level deeper than maybe some people can or don&#8217;t want to go into.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/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-12484475\/Eddie-Nketiah-Ian-Wright-Thierry-Henry-influence-Arsenal-striker-England.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Nketiah pays tribute to mentors Ian Wright and Thierry Henry as he hails their influence on his career&#8230; 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