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Bristol City are reportedly willing to foot the wage bill and pay a loan fee to bring Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah to Ashton Gate - but another Championship manager says he won't be going anywhere this summer.

The Robins are believed to be keen to bring in the 20-year-old striker to supplement current no.9 Famara Diedhiou.

However, Charlton Athletic boss Lee Bowyer reckons he'll be staying put.

The newly-promoted Addicks are also interested in a loan for Nketiah, but Bowyer believes a deal for any club is "looking difficult".

The attacker is currently with the Arsenal squad on their tour of the US and getting minutes behind starting pair Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Speaking to the South London Press, Bowyer said: "It is looking difficult.

“He is in the first-team and doing well in the first-team. I can’t see them letting him out on loan.”

The report also suggests that Bristol City are prepared to pay a loan fee and the young forward's full wages in a bid to get ahead of the pack.

Nketiah may well have played his way into Arsenal boss Unai Emery's plans however, with a match-winning cameo against Bayern Munich in the US.

The prospect tapped home from close range in the 85th minute of the International Champions Cup match to make it 2-1.

Moments earlier he he had demonstrated his other attributes by turning Germany international Niklas Sule inside-out on a mazey dribble before shoulder-barging Joshua Kimmich off the pitch.

Speaking after the match, Emery said: “Our responsibility in this club for the history, present and future is to give young players chance.

"If they deserve minutes they'll get minutes. I’m very happy with them and their work.

“Each minute they show their performance against big players. For example the one-to-one [Eddie] Nketiah against [Niklas] Sule showed how he can respond. Today was very positive.

"We need them for the moment but also in the future.”