2. Carl Jenkinson
Everyone’s favourite villain; Carl Jenkinson. Jenkinson was signed from Charlton Atheltic in 2011 and to this day, nobody really knows how he remained an Arsenal player for almost a decade.
To sum up Jenkinson in one word, I would have to go with average. To sum him up with two, I would have to go with frustratingly average. Given how long he spent as an Arsenal player, there was no real progress. Granted, he didn’t get much game time, but he never really seemed to improved when he was out on loan either.
See, I can’t really pinpoint what Jenkinson was ever good at. Was it his tackling? His crossing? His energy? No, not really. It was none of those.
Having been one of the rare players to play under both Arsene Wenger and Unai Emery, the English-born full-back outlived the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere. Again, don’t ask me how.
This summer transfer window saw him finally leave the Emirates Stadium and this meant Arsenal fans really did bid farewell to their once exciting British core. He is now playing at the level of football which suits him, in the second-tier of English football, with Nottingham Forest.
He’s a very hard-to-hate guy, so here’s to hoping the Midlands side manage to gain promotion one way or another this season.