Player who Arsenal sold for just £2m says he’s now a Gunners fan for life

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Former Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson has now been discussing the fall out from leaving Arsenal and his current feelings towards the club.

Jenkinson was speaking in a lengthy interview with The Athletic and declared that he does now consider himself an Arsenal fan once again.

The defender, who was sold to Nottingham Forest for £2m in 2019, admitted it was difficult when he left the club at first.

Carl Jenkinson said he was incredibly sad to leave, but is now a season ticket holder at Arsenal once again.

He shared: “I think I just needed a little bit of time to become a fan again. 

“It took a while but now I’m safely back in that bracket. And I love it: I follow the games like I always used to, and me and my dad got a season ticket back.

“It means when I come back to England, I can go with the old man again. It’s nice. I’m at a point now where I’m enjoying being a fan again.

“That’s what I always was before. And that’s what I’ll always be from now on.”

Carl Jenkinson now considers himself an Arsenal fan again after difficult exit

Of course, Jenkinson is now playing his football in Australia with the Newcastle Jets and has amassed 44 appearances in the A-League.

Still only 31-years-old, the defender will hope he can still add to an honours list that now contains an Australian Champions medal with Melbourne City.

Jenkinson was once part of a core of young players that were said to be the future of Arsenal under Arsene Wenger.

And looking to now, the likes of Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba will be the latest crop of young talent attempting to bring success to the club.

Martinelli for one believes that this current Arsenal team does contain one of the best players in the world.

And as a fan, Carl Jenkinson must now be enjoying the trajectory of his old club Arsenal under Mikel Arteta.

Still early in the season, a trophy must be on the agenda for The Gunners this season, and it remains to be seen which competition proves most fruitful.