[Albion] Reiss Nelson

[Hugo Rune]

I read that more as "if he's not signing a new contract we should sell him while we can" rather than "not good enough - get rid".

To be clear, I've not seen him play and have no idea if he's good enough or not.

I get that with the Arsenal fan.

The ‘not good enough’ bit comes from me really.

Only 2 EPL appearances last season together with his showreels indicate (to me) his passing and shooting are average for the Premier League (although he has many other terrific attributes). I think Potter is looking at passing and movement in a signing and I’m looking at goal scoring ability, he does not convince, his showreel goals mostly rely on luck or poor defending. You don’t get those luxuries playing for the Albion in the Premier League.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Seeing as Arsenal have spent all their spare cash on White, I wouldn't be surprised if Nelson is part of any offer for Bissouma.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Seeing as Arsenal have spent all their spare cash on White, I wouldn't be surprised if a loan-to-buy for Nelson is part of any offer for Bissouma.

Why would they just not have done that with the White deal? That makes no sense.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Why would they just not have done that with the White deal? That makes no sense.

Maybe when the White deal was formulated Arsenal didn't know that Nelson was unlikely to sign a new deal ?

 

[drew]

Seeing as Arsenal have spent all their spare cash on White, I wouldn't be surprised if Nelson is part of any offer for Bissouma.

Rumours were they had a £250m war chest.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Rumours were they had a £250m war chest.

I thought they were skint and had to make redundancies not too long ago ?

Maybe the 'war chest' should have been reduced to £249 million instead

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Seeing as Arsenal have spent all their spare cash on White, I wouldn't be surprised if Nelson is part of any offer for Bissouma.

A massive assumption!

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

A massive assumption!

An assumption implies certainty.

"Not being surprised" is a long way from being certain.

 

[Stat Brother]

I thought they were skint and had to make redundancies not too long ago ?

Maybe the 'war chest' should have been reduced to £249 million instead

Stan is buying harmony among the fans.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Naylor says noooooo


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[Frutos]

https://twitter.com/AndyNaylorBHAFC/status/1416664294360502273?s=19

 

[Live by the sea]

I agree with Naylor - I think we can buy better than Nelson ( hopefully )

 

[severnside gull]

Can’t help thinking if we wanted him it would’ve been tied to the Ben White deal.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Can’t help thinking if we wanted him it would’ve been tied to the Ben White deal.

Exactly. A separate deal would have made no financial sense.

 

[drew]

Exactly. A separate deal would have made no financial sense.

Depends, Arsenal may not have been able to agree a valuation for Reiss so why hold up the White deal. If we had been insistent on Reiss then we might not have got £50m plus add ons for White. Also the White deal involves Newport and Peterborough.

We'll probably get him cheaper if they think we'll walk away and look elsewhere.

 

[brighton_tom]

If we're somehow able to get him cheap because his contract is running out, or its a loan deal then maybe we go for him. But generally I think we can do better.

 

[HantsSeagull]

Naylor says no so....

https://twitter.com/AndyNaylorBHAFC/status/1416664294360502273?s=20

 

[vagabond]

When you think about it, it does make sense that we wouldn’t be after Reiss. It’s not exactly an area we’re struggling with, and we have our own talent coming through on their own paths with potential of their own (Khadra, Taylor Richards come to mind).

 

[Lurchy]

Can see Nelson ending up at Palace.

Khadra will likely replace Ali J in our squad this year, but would still like us to sign an additional player though. Someone who can play on either side, Jordan Larsson would be ideal.

 

[Baldseagull]

Exactly. A separate deal would have made no financial sense.

Don't we have some form though for doing an in and out with another club where the deals, at least from the outside do not seem linked? I am thinking recent example being Mwepu and Bernardo moves, didn't seem that one was dependent or related particularly to the other, or am I being naive?