The former Gunners defender believes the exciting talent made the best call in leaving English shores to further his development in the Bundesliga <\/p>\n
Reiss Nelson made the \u201cbest decision\u201d in leaving his \u201ccomfort zone\u201d at Arsenal to further himself in Germany with Hoffenheim, says Per Mertesacker.<\/p>\n
The talented 18-year-old headed through the exits at Emirates Stadium in August after being made aware that first team opportunities in north London would be hard to come by.<\/p>\n
He is, however, still held in high regard by his parent club and was tied to fresh terms before seeing a loan switch sanctioned.<\/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 in new surroundings, with the England U21 international boasting six goals in 15 appearances for Hoffenheim.<\/p>\n Former Arsenal defender and World Cup winner Mertesacker told the Gunners\u2019 matchday programme<\/em> of Nelson\u2019s bold development call: \u201cIt was the best decision for him to go there.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you compare the Bundesliga to the Premier League, there are similarities but there are differences. \u201cSome Bundesliga clubs are very interesting for us and the way he could make an impact at Hoffenheim was by starting on the bench but then scoring immediately.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough scoring those goals, he gained trust from the coach, from the fans, by learning some German and earning the right to start and make an impact. \u201cHe had a great opportunity but you need to take these opportunities and make sure you learn from those moments. Instead of being a first-team player between the under-23s and the first team, this is something different. \u201cWe have other prospects we really need to think about. What\u2019s their best path towards making an impact for our first team? There are different ways, different challenges. The former Gunners defender believes the exciting talent made the best call in leaving English shores to further his development in the Bundesliga Reiss Nelson made the \u201cbest decision\u201d in leaving his \u201ccomfort zone\u201d at Arsenal to further himself in Germany with Hoffenheim, says Per Mertesacker. The talented 18-year-old headed through the exits at Emirates…<\/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-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","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=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n
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\u201cAt the moment the Bundesliga suits him, and he went to a club where they are used to bringing up young players, educating young players and giving young players a chance in their first team. He has a young coach who will educate him and give him an insight.
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\u201cReiss is getting out of the comfort zone he was in at Arsenal, so the loan system should work brilliantly for us.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think he has done a brilliant job but that all fell into place because he wanted to go.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to manage and I\u2019m really pleased and glad that it\u2019s worked right now for him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThose are individuals. But I feel we are in a good place right now and those situations show us how big an impact a loan can make on a player. We need to select wisely.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"