Arsenal’s homegrown talents are attracting interest from across Europe and the Premier League this summer.
The Gunners have already lost Chido Obi Martin and recently sold Emile Smith Rowe to Fulham. Other homegrown players could still depart, with Eddie Nketiah being targeted by Olympique Marseille.
Reiss Nelson is another player expected to leave this summer, but his move may have been hindered by Arsenal’s valuation demands. While Arsenal is open to selling Nelson, they are not willing to let him go for less than their asking price.
Interest from West Ham and Leicester City has emerged, with the Foxes showing strong intent to sign him. However, a report from Football Insider states that Arsenal has now priced Leicester out of a move. The Gunners are reportedly asking for £20 million for the winger, a fee Leicester deems too high.
As a result, Leicester is stepping away from negotiations, and Nelson is expected to remain at the Emirates, at least for the time being.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Nelson deserves to start playing often, but we also deserve to make a good fee when he leaves for our role in grooming him.
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I suspect the reason is due to the homegrown player rules which I understand to be:
– Squad max size of 25.
– Of the 25, ony 17 can be non-homegrown.
– Any further players (up to 8) must be “homegrown”.
Homegrown is defined as a player who has been at a club for at least 3 years before the age of 21. As Greg Dyke pointed out, since players can move at 16, clubs can buy up young foreign players and call them homegrown before they are 21 (e.g. Cesc Fabregas).
So PL-quality players who qualify as homegrown attract a premium. The alternative is to play with a smaller squad – and all the risks that entails (injuries etc).
That’s probably why Arsenal woud be reluctant to sell low. Replacing them with a homegrown player of equal ability will be difficult enugh, let alone at a sensible price.
So if it’s
(1) bank a few quid, play with less than 25 players or
(2) turn down offers for the academy players
Arsenal is choosing option 1.
They hav Nwaneri and Miles Lewis Skelly rp add to HOMEGROWN.
Also Tommy Setford is British isn’t he ?
I think you may have missed the point a little.
As I said, they’d want at least 8 home grown players to take the squad to the max of 25. You mentioned just 3 – and Tommy Setford is unlikely to be in the PL squad.
But the main popint that I was talking about their *value* as homegrown players, it’s a reason not to sell cheap, especially to PL rivals who operate under the same rules.
Also, the bit I didn’t mention is that in addition to the 25, a club can have as many U-21 players as they want and some of Arsenal’s homegrown are in that category as well, which makes them even more valuable both to Arsenal and to any other PL club who might play them in actual PL games. It would mean they could have a usable squad of more than 25 players.
Martinelle and Saiba are homegrown
Even if we sell Nketiah and Nelson we’ll still have 8 Homegrown players in the squad.
Homegrown players.
Ramsdale
Raya
Hein
White
Saliba
Rice
Saka
Martinelli
If Pedro Neto is worth £50 plus million Reiss Nelson is definitely worth £20 million
No he’s not
@ Dan, in your opinion he’s not worth 20m. Well, in mine, he’s worth even more.