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Adebayor tells Reyes to go

16 Aug 2006 - 09:42:05

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Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor believes that team-mate Jose Antonio Reyes should leave the club and join Real Madrid sooner rather than later.

Reyes has been consistently linked with a return to Spain to join Real this summer, with Adebayor accepting that family pressures have taken their toll on his Gunners colleague.

He told The Sun: "The most important thing in life is family, I understand that. But he is an Arsenal player and should not be talking about other teams.

"Maybe he should just go so we can all move on.

"Jose looks happy in training, he laughs and jokes and gets on well with the other players. But I think his family don't like England and that's why he wants to leave.

"Maybe his family have put pressure on him, but in that case he should go because we don't need unhappy players bringing down our spirit."

Meanwhile, Togo international Adebayor has backed Arsenal to cope with the possible loss of both Reyes and Ashley Cole.

He added: "If Ashley goes to Chelsea it will make them stronger, but I don't think it will make us any weaker.

"We have lots of quality young players ready to take over, I trust Arsene Wenger and the quality of the squad."