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'I would advise them not to go, play 100 games in first-team football on the continent first': Former Arsenal academy boss Andries Jonker urges youngsters to stay AWAY from the club if they want to make it at the top

Former Arsenal academy manager Andries Jonker has urged youngsters to stay away from the north London club.

The Dutch coach was at the Gunners for two-and-a-half years before leaving in February 2017 to coach Wolfsburg.

He left the Bundesliga side in September 2017 and has now revealed what it was like being the academy manager under Arsene Wenger.
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Jonker told the Mirror: 'When I was at Arsenal, manager Arsene Wenger sometimes called up a few youth players for a couple of games in the League Cup.

'But when Arsenal had a league game a couple of days later, those boys were never in the squad. And in the next 50 games, Wenger would not pick them, either.

'So I have serious doubts if young talent are making the right step if they go to England at this moment.

'I would advise them not to go, but to play 100 games in first-team football on the continent first.

'Take Donyell Malen. At Arsenal, he was a big talent. But he left the club just in time. He realised he was going to end up in what I call no-man's land.

'Young players in England, who have huge talent, will only go and play in an Under-18 team. And, when they are improving, they then only go the Under-23 team.

'So Jadon Sancho went from Man City to Borussia Dortmund – and he is a sensation there.

'Reiss Nelson, of Arsenal, is choosing the same route. He is getting plenty of chances and minutes at Hoffenheim.'
 
'I would advise them not to go, play 100 games in first-team football on the continent first': Former Arsenal academy boss Andries Jonker urges youngsters to stay AWAY from the club if they want to make it at the top

Former Arsenal academy manager Andries Jonker has urged youngsters to stay away from the north London club.

The Dutch coach was at the Gunners for two-and-a-half years before leaving in February 2017 to coach Wolfsburg.

He left the Bundesliga side in September 2017 and has now revealed what it was like being the academy manager under Arsene Wenger.
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Jonker told the Mirror: 'When I was at Arsenal, manager Arsene Wenger sometimes called up a few youth players for a couple of games in the League Cup.

'But when Arsenal had a league game a couple of days later, those boys were never in the squad. And in the next 50 games, Wenger would not pick them, either.

'So I have serious doubts if young talent are making the right step if they go to England at this moment.

'I would advise them not to go, but to play 100 games in first-team football on the continent first.

'Take Donyell Malen. At Arsenal, he was a big talent. But he left the club just in time. He realised he was going to end up in what I call no-man's land.

'Young players in England, who have huge talent, will only go and play in an Under-18 team. And, when they are improving, they then only go the Under-23 team.

'So Jadon Sancho went from Man City to Borussia Dortmund – and he is a sensation there.

'Reiss Nelson, of Arsenal, is choosing the same route. He is getting plenty of chances and minutes at Hoffenheim.'

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