{"id":126549,"date":"2025-05-23T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T23:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/126549\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T23:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T23:52:11","slug":"arsenal-prefer-to-sell-25yo-winger-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/126549\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal prefer to sell 25yo winger this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Arsenal would prefer to sell Reiss Nelson this summer, though he\u2019ll be given the option to explore various opportunities, according to a report.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/everton-fc-v-fulham-fc-premier-league.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND: Reiss Nelson of Fulham during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Fulham FC at Goodison Park on October 26, 2024. (Photo by Matt McNulty\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-312315\" title=\"Arsenal prefer to sell 25yo winger this summer 2\" \/>Photo by Matt McNulty\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>James McNicholas reports for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6372237\/2025\/05\/22\/arsenal-transfers-futures-of-martinelli-and-trossard-may-prove-key-to-summer-plans\/?source=emp_shared_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athletic<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/reiss-nelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reiss Nelson<\/a> will be permitted to explore opportunities to leave Arsenal this summer, but the club would prefer a permanent deal if possible.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to getting both player and club a clean break, Nelson\u2019s sale would be \u2018pure profit\u2019 in Financial Fair Play terms, boosting Arsenal\u2019s transfer budget this summer.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because Nelson is an academy player, and he didn\u2019t cost anything for the Gunners to bring in. There\u2019s no transfer fee amortising on the balance sheet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fulham-fc-v-newcastle-united-fc-premier-league-1.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND: Reiss Nelson of Fulham celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Newcastle United FC at Craven Cottage on September 21, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-309313\" title=\"Arsenal prefer to sell 25yo winger this summer 3\" \/>Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Nelson hasn\u2019t featured for Fulham since early December, having suffered back-to-back hamstring injuries that ended with him needing surgery earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham have one more game remaining this season, but Nelson is unlikely to make it back in time, so his campaign is effectively already over.<\/p>\n<p>Before his injury, Nelson made 12 appearances for Fulham on loan, scoring twice and assisting one goal. He\u2019d earned himself a run in the team immediately prior to his injury, but any momentum he\u2019d built up is now gone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fulham-fc-v-brighton-and-hove-albion-fc-premier-league-1-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 05: Reiss Nelson of Fulham receives medical attention off the pitch during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Brighton &amp; Hove Albion FC at Craven Cottage on December 05, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-314522\" title=\"Arsenal prefer to sell 25yo winger this summer 4\"\/>Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Nelson has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/2025\/04\/nelson-hamstring-injury-arsenal-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already returned<\/a> to London Colney to work on his injury, and it seems possible he\u2019ll be involved with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikel Arteta\u2019s<\/a> squad for pre-season. After that, it\u2019s likely he\u2019s on the way out.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal would prefer to sell Reiss Nelson this summer, though he\u2019ll be given the option to explore various&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[20917,55975,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-126549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-fulham-fc","9":"tag-reiss-nelson","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114559840802560558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}