West Ham United are interested in signing Reiss Nelson, but the conditions of their proposed offer won’t be particularly appealing to Arsenal.
Dharmesh Sheth of Sky Sports News reports that West Ham United are interested in Reiss Nelson this summer, but they’re currently exploring the conditions of a loan move for the winger.
Sheth points out that Nelson has entered the final year of his contract at Arsenal, so a loan move wouldn’t exactly be ideal for the Gunners.
But it also wouldn’t be the first time Arsenal have loaned a player in the final year of his contract, as they did the same with Oleksandr Zinchenko last season.
That move to Nottingham Forest ended up working out, as Zinchenko was recalled and sold to Ajax for a fee in the January transfer window.
Simon Jones confirms for the Daily Mail that West Ham are exploring a deal for Nelson, as well as pushing to sign ex-Spurs academy striker Troy Parrott on a permanent deal from AZ Alkmaar.
Nelson spent last season on loan with Brentford, and they had an option to buy in his contract, but they opted not to take it up.
Brentford director of football Phil Giles reflected: “Whilst I’m sure [Nelson] would’ve preferred more Premier League minutes with us during the loan, he has nevertheless made a good contribution with his positivity, attitude and experience around training and matchdays, and leaves us in a better place physically then when he joined.”
Nelson has since joined up with Arsenal for pre-season, playing half an hour against Girona and 45 minutes against Real Betis, but having an unused substitute role against Borussia Dortmund.
Perhaps Nelson’s non-involvement against Dortmund is a sign that a move could be on the cards, as a number of younger academy players came on ahead of him. The only other unused subs were Tommy Setford and Ismeal Kabia, who are both also expected to depart.
Christian Norgaard had been part of pre-season but unused on matchdays before his move to Everton, so maybe the same situation is repeating now with Nelson.
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