Arsenal loanee edges closer to injury comeback after 5 months out | OneFootball

Reiss Nelson appears to be edging closer to an injury comeback after sharing a picture back in his boots in training, but a return to action this season remains unlikely.

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Arsenal loanee Reiss Nelson shared a picture on social media this week showing he’s back in boots, captioning the photo with a clock to perhaps hint that it’s almost time for his comeback.

Nelson has been out of action for Fulham since December, after his initial attempt to return from a hamstring injury ended in a setback and surgery in mid-February.

The winger has since returned to Arsenal to work on his recovery at London Colney.

Photo via Nelson on Instagram

Arsenal fans will know from recent experience that it takes a while to recover from hamstring surgery. Bukayo Saka went under the knife at the end of December and only made his comeback at the end of March.

If Nelson is out for a similar amount of time, the earliest he could be playing football is May 16th, which is just nine days before the end of Fulham’s season.

Marco Silva previously suggested Nelson could be out for the season, and despite his recent progress, it doesn’t look like that’s changed.

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Nelson had made 12 appearances for Fulham before his first injury, scoring two goals and assisting one more. He’d just been handed a run in the team when he got injured, starting five Premier League games in a row.

Fabrizio Romano has suggested the winger is likely to leave Arsenal again this summer, after his loan to Fulham ends and he’s fully fit.