Grief As Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ Star Reyes Dies in Car Crash Afp Madrid

Grief As Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ Star Reyes Dies in Car Crash Afp Madrid

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Reyes shot to fame at Sevilla before a switch to Arsenal where Chelsea boss he was part of the unbeaten ‘In- vincibles’ 2003-2004 Premier League winners, before spells at Sarri close to Real and Atletico Madrid. UEFA announced they would hold a minute’s si- lence in his honour ahead Juventus switch of Saturday’s Champions League final between Totten- AFP unbeaten in 18 games. ham and Liverpool. LONDON But Sarri endured con- Former Arsenal boss Arsene A file photo shows Arsenal’s then sistent criticism from a sig- Wenger signed Reyes on the Spanish forward Jose Antonio CHELSEA manager Maur- nificant portion of the club’s back of Spain’s Under-19’s Eu- Reyes during his presentation izio Sarri has told the club he supporters throughout the ropean championships win Wreckage removed from the crash site where the Spanish footballer Jose Antonio Reyes died in a traffic at the Arsenal training centre in wants to leave after a single campaign and suffered where he played alongside accident in Utrera, Spain on Saturday. (REUTERS) London. (AFP) season to join Italian cham- heavy 4-0 and 6-0 defeats at Fernando Torres and Andres pions Juventus, according to Bournemouth and Manches- Iniesta, and a dazzling series of the 2006 Champions League and three times in his second “Broken. Shattered,” wrote player Jose Antonio Reyes’ reports on Saturday. ter City. matches with Sevilla the follow- final to Barcelona. spell at Sevilla. Ramos. “I have no words. All death in a car crash and we Sarri has been an uncom- Chelsea, however, ing season. But it was at Sevilla where The emergency services in the affection for the family. We ask for you to pray for his fortable fit with fans at Stam- reached the Carabao Cup fi- Arsenal described the acci- the pain will be most keenly felt. Andalusia and the authorities will always remember you, my soul,” Extremadura said. ford Bridge and despite win- nal, which they lost on pen- dent as “awful news”. “We couldn’t be confirming in the town where his family friend! RIP brother.” Monchi, who overlapped ning the Europa League this alties to Manchester City, “Reyes was, of course, a worse news,” Sevilla said when live, Utrera, said Reyes died in Reyes played 21 times for with Reyes as a player at Sevil- week and finishing third in before finishing the season member of the Invincibles,” Ar- breaking the news. an accident on the main road Spain between 2003 and 2006, la and is now the club’s direc- the Premier League, there is a strongly. senal said on their website. “Beloved Sevilla star from Sevilla to Utrera. They scoring four goals. He also won tor of football, also tweeted his perception the chain-smoking Sarri claimed the first ma- “(He) made a significant Jose Antonio Reyes has died said another member of his domestic league titles with Real sadness and referred to wing- coach is unwilling to adapt jor trophy of his career when contribution to that unbeaten in a traffic collision. Rest family also died and a third Madrid and Benfica. back Antonio Puerta, who died tactics when things go wrong. Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in season.” in peace,” Sevilla, where he person was injured. After leaving Sevilla in of a cardiac arrest playing for Sarri has been widely Baku on Wednesday to win “Thanks for what you gave spent two four-year spells, Spain captain Sergio Ra- 2016, Reyes played for Es- Sevilla in 2007. linked with Juventus, who are the Europa League final, but us, and rest in peace,” Arsenal said on Twitter. mos, who is also from the panyol, Cordoba and Xinjian “Impossible news to be- seeking a successor to Mas- refused to commit his future said. He helped Sevilla win the province of Seville, came Tianshan in China, before ar- lieve, impossible to digest, similiano Allegri, although to the club, saying: “You know He won Premier League Spanish second division in his through the youth team just riving at Extremadura this that hard my God,” wrote sports daily Gazzetta report- very well that I love the Pre- and FA Cup medals at Arse- first stint at the club. He won after Reyes and later played year as a free agent. Monchi. “What a left flank you ed on Saturday that Totten- mier League, the level of the nal and came on as a late sub- the Europa League five times, with him at Real Madrid also “With broken hearts we are going to make, Antonio ham boss Mauricio Pochet- competition, and I am lucky stitute when the Gunners lost twice with Atletico Madrid tweeted his grief. announce the news of our and you, up there. tino was also on their radar. because I am at Chelsea, one Sarri held talks with Chel- of the best teams in the best sea director Marina Granovs- championship in the world. kaia on Friday and informed “So at the moment I am her that he wanted to return happy, but of course I want Germany coach Loew in hospital, to miss Euro 2020 qualifiers to his homeland, the reports to know if the club is happy, in Britain and Italy said. if we can improve. It’s normal DPA Loew, 59, requires treat- “Marcus Sorg, (goalkeep- to be on the training pitch it is Granovskaia, it is said, I think; I have a discussion BERLIN ment as an in-patient “after ing coach) Andy Koepke and certainly right that he rests.” has promised to talk to club with the owner after every the effects of a sports accident” (team manager) Oliver Bierhoff The Germany squad gathers owner Roman Abramovich season with every club.” GERMANY coach Joachim when “an artery was squeezed, have a lot of experience together on Sunday for a training camp about his future, but it would Chelsea are facing a trans- Loew has been admitted to making a hospital stay neces- and together we will bridge this at Venlo in the Netherlands.

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