Arsenal is now hopeful 23-year-old will agree on a new deal

Reiss Nelson has rejected at least two contract proposals from Arsenal to extend his contract at the club.

The attacker has been a fringe player at the Emirates in recent seasons and has enjoyed fruitful loan spells at Feyenoord and Hoffenheim.

He will be out of a contract in a few weeks’ time, but the Gunners want him to remain on their books beyond this season.

Several clubs are waiting in the wings to grab Nelson as soon as he is a free agent, but Arsenal is working hard to keep the Englishman.

The Times reveals they are now confident they will find an agreement with his entourage to persuade him to stay at the Emirates.

Arsenal is expected to make him an improved offer for his signature and is confident he will accept and sign on the dotted line.

Just Arsenal Opinion

Nelson has been an exemplary contributor to our game off the bench but might never be a starter at the club.

However, for the purpose of squad depth, we need to keep him in the group beyond this campaign and ensure we make good money when he departs at a future date.

But he might want to leave because we cannot guarantee him game time.

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9 Comments

  1. So!!! I doubt this is true because it would be a backwards step to resign a player that isnt good enough to hold down a place in the team and be a back up that gave ammunition to people this season to say, a squad he was part of was not good enough. Hiw can he be a good squad player next season and beyond? Not true!!!!! Although we did sign Nketiah, another player many think is not a good enough squad player.

  2. You can’t be a squad player in Arteta’s team. He plays the same team every week without giving fringe players a 10/20 min run. Every year we falter at the exact period…check your records, because the team is tired and lack ideas….All those bench warmers should move on the other clubs where they have more chances of playing football.

    1. Been saying the same thing for years. Even in games where we are completing dominating on the field and the scoreboard by the 60th minute he still won’t bring on fringe players for match fitness.

      Unfortunately I think it’s because these players may require a tweak in tactics which he can’t do.

      1. Yup, this is a big problem. It also makes it appear like arteta doesn’t trust them, which makes it awkward when he needs to play them due to injuries. Need to keep everybody as fresh and ready as possible

  3. Nelson is OK, but is OK good enough? He has been at the club a long time and never really moved on from potential to a solid player. If we got a decent offer I would take it. Maybe a new contract doesn’t mean they wouldn’t sell him for a good offer, like what happened with Iwobi.

  4. He seems to make a difference every time he comes off the bench. We need this sort of player of we want a deep squad. If we can come to a reasonable agreement with him, it’s a win for me. Arteta needs to play him more if he stays – he needs the opportunity to grow and improve, and there’s no point having squad depth if we’re going to use members of that squad so infrequently.

  5. I hope that is not true.first of all it doesn’t make any sense for either party.RN will barely play and why would the club spend so much money in a squad player??we should take every opportunity to move squad/fringe players on, instead of being stuck with them for years.have the club/MA learnt anything from ANM?

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