Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are widely regarded as two of Arsenal's most exciting and influential players, but seismic tremors rumbling in Germany are starting to suggest that Reiss Nelson could challenge their top dog status. 

Everybody loves a wonderkid. There is something distinctively appealing about exciting players rising through the academy ranks which consistently manages to capture the attention of football supporters.

With a constant stream of players to consider from the youth system, there is always at least one rising talent worth keeping a keen eye on, and Nelson is Arsenal's man of the moment right now. A glowing youth campaign last season hinted that the 18-year-old is one to watch for the future, and that notion has been legitimised by his electric start to life in the Bundesliga.

While Jadon Sancho has stolen the limelight in Germany Nelson has been making some outstanding progress of his own. The British media have been drooling over the former Manchester City talent while Nelson's achievements have taken a back seat, but he is starting to get the recognition which his performances deserve.

A return of six goals and one assist from his first 11 appearances in all-competitions under Julian Nagelsmann prove that he possesses the killer instinct to add substance to his compelling build up play.

Following the growing media interest in Nelson's development, Sky Sports journalist Nick Wright has produced an article to illuminate his journey from the south London football cages to a packed out Rhein-Neckar-Arena, which details an intriguing quote from Sayce Holmes-Lewis, a former community coach.

“He was leaps and bounds ahead of other kids in terms of what he would try to do with the ball. His dribbling speed with the ball was just unreal to be honest.

"He kept it so close to him and it was hard for people to get it off him. He just loved playing. He reminded me of Ronaldinho in terms of his approach to the game.”

That's quite the esteemed praise from someone who has witnessed Nelson's development throughout his youth, and it's indicative of the scope he has to climb to the highest reaches of the game.

Of course, it's important not to get carried away with Nelson's start to his senior career as the British media have been guilty of criminally overrating teenage sensations in the past, but it's difficult to avoid falling into that trip in the midst of a growing feel-good factor surrounding the England national team.

Aubameyang and Lacazette will remain top dogs at the Emirates Stadium for now and their supremacy will be unchallenged in the short-term, but in the years to come Nelson is a player who will alter the dynamic under Unai Emery's leadership and threaten to usurp them to become the club's most decisive attacker.

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