At 19, he was playing for Arsenal alongside Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Sol Campbell, and Arsène Wenger said he had all the makings of a great footballer. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas seemed like one of the luxury products of an extraordinary generation of London's academy players, but his talent, physical strength and technique never translated into the career that his coaches had anticipated. Loans, transfers, a gradual descent through the lower le…
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At 19, he was playing for Arsenal alongside Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Sol Campbell, and Arsène Wenger said he had all the makings of a great footballer. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas seemed like one of the luxury products of an extraordinary generation of London's academy players, but his talent, physical strength and technique never translated into the career that his coaches had anticipated. Loans, transfers, a gradual descent through the lower le…