Jeff Reine-Adelaide: Just Call Him Jeff

[Ricardinho]

So long Jeff.

Hopefully covered our back with a few clauses in the deal on the chance he impresses and goes for a big fee further down the line.

 

[Aevi]

 

[Garrincha]

Not a fan getting rid of this type of player & body type at 20 years old.

 

[Ricardinho]

Not a fan getting rid of this type of player & body type at 20 years old.

Maybe more to the deal than meets the eye - homesick possibly?

 

[krackpot]

Fcuking damn. Out of the blue

 

[say yes]

Not surprised. Never been that impressed / no idea how this thread ever reached 24 pages.

 

[MutableEarth]

It's unexpected but potentially for the better IMO.

Jeff has always been majorly talented and could have been a great player here but I believe that his time here has been a combination of mismanagement and lack of intensity.

Mismanagement because he could have gone on loan a lot earlier than he did, or at the very least played more football at any level. He was stuck in a unique purgatory between the first team and the U23s, thus never playing much for either. He went months without football in the 2016/17 season due to being called up for first team games and never even seeing a minutes worth of action.

Having said that, he frequently reminded me of Abou Diaby in both a positive and negative sense. He had the right physical gifts and technical ability but he played with all the intensity of a 2 hour long tantric shag the majority of the time he actually got to play. When he was on it, he was unplayable. One other problem he had was that he didn't really seem to enjoy being a central midfielder and wanted one of the attacking spots - yet he never convinced in front of goal and never really got many assists either.

He's still a very talented player - one I'd very much rather keep - but with the talent we currently have coming through in the positions he wishes to play in, this is probably a good solution. Jeff gets to play regular games in a top flight league where he can rebuild his reputation and still go on to be a great player; and one of Arsenal's younger contingent can fill the Jeff void. Smith-Rowe already umped ahead in the queue it looks like, but Xavier Amaechi comes to mind as the biggest beneficiary .

 

[krengon]

Will be interesting to see how he progress..

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Sad news. Can we now start selling El Nenny and Perez pls.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Your name will always be Jeff.

 

[razörist]

Will always have the memories of summer ‘15 <3

 

[Stannis]

I wish there is a buyback clause

But if Wenger and Emery didn’t fancy him, clearly something was up

 

[bingobob]

Not good enough. But don't worry Jeff we've another young up and coming talent for us to get excited about