Fulham eye reunion with Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson as Marco Silva waits on first summer transfer | OneFootball

Reiss Nelson’s promising loan spell at Fulham last season was cut short by injury

Reiss reunion: Fulham are understood to be interested in bringing Nelson back to Craven Cottage

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Fulham have approached Arsenal about a deal to bring Reiss Nelson back to Craven Cottage.

The structure of the deal is yet to be finalised, with talks between all parties still ongoing.

Arsenal depart for their pre-season tour of Asia on Saturday, and reports elsewhere have suggested that they could like a deal to be wrapped up by that point if possible.

Nelson, a Gunners academy graduate, made 12 appearances for the Cottagers in all competitions last season, scoring twice, before his campaign was cut short by a hamstring injury in December. He has since been pictured back at training with Arsenal this summer.

Fulham have re-signed the likes of club captain Tom Cairney and right-back Kenny Tete to new deals, warded off interest in striker Rodrigo Muniz and are keen to bring in a specialist set-piece coach ahead of next season.

But Silva’s crew are the only Premier League side yet to make any new additions so far in this transfer window.

This potential return - reuniting the winger with fellow Hale End alum Emile Smith Rowe - could be a chance to change that, and give Nelson an opportunity for first-team minutes that he was beginning to rack up prior to last season’s injury woes.