Quotes from Reiss Nelson

Adam Szalai and Kerem Demirbay always keep an eye on me and make sure I'm doing the right things.

I go bowling, but I'm not very good!

Arsenal are my boyhood club.

My brother-in-law skipped work to get me to training. Our family get us through. We'd get the train, a bus and sometimes even walk to training.

I got scouted for Tottenham and was there for three to four weeks before a phone call from Arsenal came. The first session they wanted to sign me so, happy days, I didn't look back. I'm an Arsenal fan, everyone in my family is Arsenal, so it wasn't a hard decision.

I've got a group chat with my friends, and they were telling me I was blowing up on Twitter. I don't really look into those things, though.

My brother-in-law was a Tottenham fan. He introduced me to football and brought me to Tottenham. At the time I just wanted to play football so I would go anywhere to play.

It's a different style the way the German players play. I think the English players like to play a lot of one and two touch and we can find each other in the pockets.

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They taught me a lot that I can take on in my career.

My family made big sacrifices but little gestures mean a lot. My sister took me to training when she was pregnant.

Being involved with the first team, be it in the Premier League or the Europa League, you just have to take it as it comes. You keep all the nerves inside and just play your normal game.

I'm liking the Bundesliga. There's a lot of top, top defenders that you come across.

Unai's very positive and always telling you to express yourself, but also he's got that thing where he'll tell you if you do something wrong.

You grow up faster in a place where anything goes.

You need to shoot to score the goal. If it goes wide, you just need to keep going and keep your head up.

I have an elder brother who adores me and pushed me towards my goal. He just said 'go out and play.'

I just go with the flow, you know.

A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of being a professional footballer.

I can speak a bit of German.

In Germany it's more physical. It's a lot of aggressive runs in behind and getting into the box.

I went away in Germany and I think I did well. But the main goal for me has always been playing in an Arsenal shirt week in, week out.

It was hard to leave my boyhood club Arsenal, it's still my dream to play for Arsenal, but I know I have to put that on hold and go and play abroad to get some experience in Germany.

I not only developed as a player in Germany but also as a person.

It's a great feeling to have a lot of big characters in the team who are willing to help the younger players come through and help them do well.