Rarely has there been such hype about a player who has yet to feature for the Arsenal first-team in a competitive match. Jeff Reine-Adelaide was a relative unknown, at least as far as Arsenal supporters were concerned, when news filtered through that the club had agreed a deal to sign the winger, along with striker Yassin Fortune, from Lens in May. The early signs had been extremely encouraging, with Reine-Adelaide impressing for France at the U17 European Championships before being provisionally selected to travel with Arsenal for the Premier League Asia Trophy only to be replaced by Jon Toral at the last moment. Then came the weekend when the Reine-Adelaide hype train hit full force,...
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