The teenage forward is currently taking in a loan spell at Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, but he has high hopes for his return to Emirates Stadium <\/p>\n
Reiss Nelson is determined to become \u201can Arsenal legend\u201d, with a loan spell at Hoffenheim considered to be a stepping stone on his ascent to the very top of the game.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old forward has been allowed to head out of Emirates Stadium amid fierce competition for places.<\/p>\n
He is, however, held in high regard by those in north London and was handed a new contract before completing a switch to Germany.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Nelson has thrived amid regular minutes in the Bundesliga, netting six times so far, and is considered to have a bright future ahead of him.<\/p>\n The England U21 international is determined to fulfil that potential with the Gunners, telling BBC Sport<\/em> of his ambition: “Arsenal are my boyhood club. I’ve been with them since I was eight, so that’s 10 years.<\/p>\n “I just want to go back there stronger because at the time I was at Arsenal I was 16, 17 and I didn’t feel confident.<\/p>\n “I didn’t think I was a man, but now I’m feeling stronger and I think a couple more months or even a year in Hoffenheim will make me strong and give me the belief and confidence to go back to Arsenal and do very good there.<\/p>\n “I want to be an Arsenal legend. And, for England, it’s the best. You can’t beat playing for your country I don’t think.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Nelson is convinced that he has chosen the right career path in leaving Arsenal to experience life outside of England, with time in Germany helping to mould him into a more complete player.<\/p>\n He added: “For me, I always want to be the best player I can be.<\/p>\n “I’m 18 and I thought going to the Bundesliga will give me a challenge and doing that would make me become a better footballer and a better person as well throughout life.<\/p>\n “I wanted to challenge myself and see what I could do. It’s going well so far.<\/p>\n “It’s incredible. But I’ve just got to keep it up. It’s not just for the six games, I’ve got to do it throughout the season.<\/p>\n “I don’t know where it’s going to take me, but I’ve just got to keep my feet on the ground and keep positive.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The teenage forward is currently taking in a loan spell at Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, but he has high hopes for his return to Emirates Stadium Reiss Nelson is determined to become \u201can Arsenal legend\u201d, with a loan spell at Hoffenheim considered to be a stepping stone on his ascent to the very top of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n