EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace ready €10m opening bid for Arsenal winger as Eagles make first contact to sign player this summer, player open to move

Crystal Palace are now ready to make a bid for a Premier League attacker after sealing their first signing of the summer.

According to CaughtOffside, Crystal Palace are ready to make an opening bid for Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson in the region of €10m (£8.45m). The Gunners want €25m (£21.1m) for the 24-year-old, with the Eagles even beginning talks to secure a move.

The Eagles are already preparing for life without star wingers Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise this summer with both players being linked with a move away from Selhurst Park this summer after their fantastic form last season.

Oliver Glasner has now reportedly identifed Arsenal winger Nelson as a target with the South London side set to test the Gunners resolve with an opening bid of £8.45m with the player also said to be open to the move.

Crystal Palace aren’t alone, though, with Fulham and West Ham United also named as suitors for Nelson, who is now no longer in Mikel Arteta’s first-team plans at the Emirates.

Nelson, on £100,000-a-week in north London, has struggled for game time, contributing to four goals in 747 minutes of game time during the 2023/24 season.

Nelson has made 89 senior appearances for the Gunners in total, scoring eight times and registering nine assists, and by the look of it, a move across London to Palace is one to watch this summer.