Reiss Nelson

“Mesut's been talking to me and really helping me through the games.”

“MMA is something that I may want to get into after football.”

“If I wasn't aiming to break into the Arsenal first team, that wouldn't be the correct mindset.”

“I just need to stay loyal to God and anything can happen.”

“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 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.”

“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 just look ahead to the next match. I just want to keep going and not look too far ahead.”

“Alex Iwobi has told me to stay grounded. I've got a really good family that helps me as well.”

“I think that's good for a coach to have two sides: the jokey side and the fiery side.”

“When you play with the older people it helps you mentally, because they're bigger and stronger than you. You have to live up to that.”

“The main thing for me is getting in the starting eleven and making an impact whenever I can come on.”

“I'm a really big UFC fan.”

“Whenever I think it's getting a bit much I'll go to my family and they will sit me down and bring me back to earth.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Street football is very important.”

“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.”

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