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Aaron Catterson-Reid

Arsenal forward explains why this is the first season he has felt part of club's DNA

Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson has claimed that this is the first season that he feels part of the club's DNA.

Nelson has been with the club since he was seven, rising through the academy before making his first-team debut aged 17 during Arsene Wenger's last season at the Emirates Stadium. Since then, he has struggled for consistent game time, often utilised as a late substitute by current manager Mikel Arteta.

Now, the 23-year-old has admitted that since returning from his loan with Dutch club Feyenoord last summer, he has begun to properly feel part of the Gunners' DNA. Speaking on the club's Colney Carpool YouTube channel, he said: “I moved up when I was about 15, I moved up here a year earlier than everyone else.

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