The Gunners academy graduate admits he was not initially sold on a spell away from the Emirates, but is looking to make the most of a stint in Germany <\/p>\n
Reiss Nelson admits it is \u201cstill my dream to play for Arsenal\u201d, with the youngster having accepted a loan switch to Hoffenheim despite initially being against a move away from north London.<\/p>\n
At just 18 years of age, a Gunners academy graduate is hoping a spell spreading his wings in Europe will see him returned to Emirates Stadium a better player.<\/p>\n
He has already seen senior minutes, with Arsene Wenger recognising his potential during the 2017-18 campaign, but Unai Emery is favouring other options at present.<\/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, who has managed two goals in four outings for Hoffenheim, intends to force his way into a new manager\u2019s plans at Arsenal, with it is belief that time working under the highly-rated Julian Nagelsmann will prove beneficial to his ongoing development.<\/p>\n He told the Football Association\u2019s official website<\/em> after linking up with England\u2019s U21 squad for the first time: \u201cA loan wasn\u2019t always my first option, but when I heard the Bundesliga and Hoffenheim was an option for me and working with the manager there, it was something I wanted to do.<\/p>\n \u201cJulian\u2019s a great manager and he\u2019s got belief in young players so it\u2019s a good place for me to go and play.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s [Nagelsmann] very young, he\u2019s only 31 and I think it\u2019s important to go to a team and a coach who believes in you, so he was the main reason because he is willing to play us.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was hard to leave my boyhood club Arsenal, it\u2019s still my dream to play for Arsenal, but I know I have to put that on hold and go and play abroad to get some experience in Germany.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I\u2019m trying to do my stuff there, get stronger and come back ready to play for Arsenal\u2019s first team, so I had to take the opportunity to go there.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve settled in well and I\u2019m enjoying it. My dad is German too, from near Munich, so I knew what to expect and I\u2019m learning the language with an app called Babbel and it\u2019s going well.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Gunners academy graduate admits he was not initially sold on a spell away from the Emirates, but is looking to make the most of a stint in Germany Reiss Nelson admits it is \u201cstill my dream to play for Arsenal\u201d, with the youngster having accepted a loan switch to Hoffenheim despite initially being against…<\/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-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","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=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n