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Molenbeek midfielder Reine-Adelaide: Diaby my hero at Arsenal

Molenbeek midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide admits he looked up to Abou Diaby at Arsenal.

Both Frenchmen had issues with their knees as Arsenal players.

Reine-Adelaide told RTBF: "I was lucky to have this ease with the ball which allows me to extricate myself from certain situations. It comes from my matches in the neighborhood, with friends: during the holidays we spent up to 14 hours a day hitting the ball, without ever stopping!

"This is my game: touch the ball, be clean, speed up the passing ...

"I have always had as a model Abu Diaby, which was flamboyant with Arsenal but he too was often injured."

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