Rumours suggest that Reiss Nelson is more likely to stay than leave Arsenal this summer. According to the Daily Mirror, the Hale End star could quit the Emirates Stadium if his £20 million asking price is reached. Two Premier League clubs, West Ham and Leicester, held conversations with the Arsenal winger about signing him.
However, due to Arsenal’s firm stance that they will not offer a discount for Nelson’s transfer fee, the two Premier League sides have abandoned their interest in the Gunner and shifted their focus to other potential targets.
This summer, Reiss Nelson’s departure appeared to be a win-win situation for both him and the club; the club would have made a profit from his sale, freeing up space for new players, and he would have received regular game time, which at 24 he needs.
Despite signing a new contract last summer, he did not get as many playing opportunities as he had hoped last season. He only made one start in 15 league games, which was disappointing given that the club indicated they trusted him by granting him a new contract when he could have left as a free agent.
That said, there is no doubt about Reiss Nelson’s quality. He may get a move abroad, given that he’s already played in the Dutch Eredivisie and the Bundesliga. However, it may be that Arteta is happy to keep him in reserve for Cup games and rotation. If he stays, Mikel Arteta should trust him with more game time, allowing him to solidify a role on the squad or audition for a huge move abroad.
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Trossard will only get slower, so it’d be nice to have Nelson as Martinelli’s competitor
But he won’t be competing with Martinelli, he’s not good enough. Fully agree about Trossard though. Poundland Hazard had had his 15 mins of stardom and doesn’t really fit in anywhere properly.
Nelson didn’t get enough chances to start the games in LW position last season
I don’t think there’s much interest in him, if we’re struggling to find buyers rather loan him. I think he’s way below the order in our front line, there’s just no sense in keeping him. Forever injured
Nelson is no where near level to play for Arsenal and has been around the fringe of the first team without ever being seem a first choice pick Its probably lack of interest as to why he remains at the club 10 million would be a bonus if any club were to offer that amount
Given that Arsenal appears to be struggling for buyers for everyone else they want to sell then I don’t see why Nelson’s circumstances should be any different.
Arsenal still (after more than two months of this transfer window, not an inconsiderable time) don’t seem to have got their heads around the fact that any player is only “worth” what another club is prepared to pay. The choice is really very simple in the end: either lower the price or keep the player.
The problem for Arsenal is that they really do need to offload several players in this window (for money, not loans etc.). So far, they’ve managed to do this just once – ESR. Go figure.
1. A number of contracts have expired (Cedric, El Neny).
2. Some are not expensive, either in terms of wages or transfers (academy products cost nothing).
3. Some of those in category 2 above are good fringe players who can be added to a squad without taking up space (homegrown, up to 8 and you can have as many U21s as you like, they don’t count as a squad place). Nwaneri is an example and the centre half guy who went on tour, I forget the name.
I think some others got offloaded as well, I didn’t follow all of it (anyone know what happened to Tavares, Lokonga etc?).
It’s a ridiculous stance by the club for a player who isn’t even competing for a position in the first XI and barely competing for a place on the bench. He’s rank average and just a drain on resources.
If Arteta gave him more playing time (rather than bleaching Saka every single game) he might well improve. The reason Arsenal struggle to move him onto another club is likely to be that they agreed to pay him £100k a week.
Good points. Add on the slightly unrealistic asking price, and it’s easy to understand why his situation is the way it is, with other clubs also needing to stay within PSR.
He might improve is a telling remark and one that I don’t think is worth taking a risk on. Would you want him to be Saka’s backup?
I think you are on the mark regarding his salary which confounds reason
Sell Nketiah as soon as possible
OK player in a pinch for us, but only ever going to be a squad player at Arsenal. His salary is £100K, for limited utility. I think we could (theoretically) sell him for ~12M. That would allow us to target Bakayoko at 30M as a backup for Saka. Net spend 18M should be feasible within PSR and financials.
Why would Bakayako come just to be a backup? He’s young and would want to play.
I don’t know if he is ‘happy’ but I would assume he is resigned to the fact it is a strong probability