The 19-year-old England foreigner had played two Premier League games when he made a replacement in the summer of 2018, but continued to play regular first-team football in the Top German table.
“It’s crazy,” Nelson told Mirror Online. “I would never expect to be in a big league like this and play at the top point as a teenager, however, I just take it every single day and stay in training, I stay asking questions of my teammates and coaches. be informed of each and every one of the things while I’m here in Germany. It’s just a matter of keeping my feet on the ground, but I’ve enjoyed every single minute so far.”
See: Reiss Nelson – “Very satisfied in Hoffenheim”
After scoring in his Bundesliga deyet in mid-September, Nelson added five more goals and one threw one hand in thirteen league games. He missed Hoffenheim’s first two games in 2019 due to a back problem, but returned last weekend, making a 29-minute appearance from the bench in the 1–1 draw with Fortuna Dusseldorf. Despite only five starts, he averaged a purpose every 87 minutes and it’s the time Andrej Kramaric on the Sinsheim leaderboard.
“I am very satisfied here at Gerguyy and I play and score,” Nelson said. “I didn’t feel so safe when I left Arsenal. Now I feel like a boy and I know a year at Hoffenheim will help me. I have my circle of relatives with me in Heidelberg, which is a wonderful place. Leaving. Circle of relatives in elegant restaurants: life is beautiful. I’ll do my homework while I’m here.”
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Nelson, who signed a long-term contract with Arsenal before his move to Hoffenheim, is not the only Briton to soften the Bundesliga. Best friend Jadon Sancho, who left Manchester City’s youth team for Borussia Dortmund at the age of 17, has one of football’s most sought-after extremes, while Reece Oxford, Rabbi Matondo and Emile Smith Rowe have joined the exodus. Premier League winners hunting for professional advances in Germany.
But Nelson doesn’t just motivate young footballers out of their area of convenience. Closer to home, he gained prestige in the role-playing style among other young people who grew up, like him, on Aylesbury’s complicated estate in south London, which many saw as a symbol of the failure of British social housing.
“Reiss is back to recommend some of the young people and mentor them,” said Nelson’s former principal at the London Nautical School, Neil Atherton. “It’s wonderful that you’ve taken the time to do it. The kids here want positive models like him. It’s an inspiration to other kids here: see a boy from south London who has now become a global star.”
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