Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed the north London club wanted to loan out Reiss Nelson during the summer, however the 20-year-old wanted to stay and fight for his place.
The England Under 21 international has only played a total of 81 minutes of first team football this season, and was not part of the Gunners squad that lost 1-0 to Leicester despite fellow winger Willian being unavailable due to injury.
However, when Arteta took the reigns at the Emirates in December of last year Nelson started three of his first four games in charge.