Laurent Koscielny

[TromsoGooner]

Who will be our new captain? Bellerin and Xhaka probably the most likely. Sokratis and Monreal possibly.

 

[Tourbillion]

At the moment this whole club feels like it's moments away from disappearing.

Wouldn't be a bad idea. I could take up landscaping.

 

[OSBK]

Shocker, french player goes on strike to force a move

On a serious note he has given us good service and put up with a unreal amount of garbage in his time here, played through pain so many times and his body is a wreck for that. Give him his move he wants and quick, he is probably the only player in that squad who deserves to be released and allowed to move on.

 

[Big Poppa]

Disappointing but his time here has long been up. We need to re-evaluate our criteria for leadership at this club.

 

[krengon]

Arsenal has given Koscielny more than he's given us.. We don't owe him ****.

 

[Rain Dance]

Okay someone update me on the situation please,
where is he trying to go? Why has he refused to travel? What is going on?

 

[Big Poppa]

Okay someone update me on the situation please,
where is he trying to go? Why has he refused to travel? What is going on?

He wants to return to France and has 3 offers from unnamed clubs.

 

[<<reed>>]

Why does he think the club will just let him go for free? They don't owe him.

Why would you do this for a club that don't even want to pay 5M for you?
Laughable.

 

[OnlyOne]

Good on him. Who the **** wants to continue training with Mustafi and Elneny? No new faces on tour, of course he’s refusing to go.

Clubs a shambles currently.

 

[scytheavatar]

He wants to return to France and has 3 offers from unnamed clubs.

https://www.girondins33.com/Actualites/laurent-koscielny-present-a-la-reprise-d-arsenal/36068

Word is that he wants us to release him for free so that he can move to Bordeaux. Which would be a low and absurd move from him, do he realize how much we need money right now?

 

[tap-in]

Please don't let this thread get to 100 pages, he doesn't deserve it!

 

[Rain Dance]

He wants to return to France and has 3 offers from unnamed clubs.

Well, sell him then...why are we keeping Kos anyway

 

[Notorious Big]

He can **** off.

 

[Anders Harbo]

Great leadership by our captain. Fantastic attitude. Thanks a lot you prick!

 

[vantoure]

Poor lad doesn't want another 6GB USB stick from Emery

 

[kraphtous]

Reminder that this idiot cost Wenger a European trophy and was culpable for the disaster in the league cup final which led to the awful summer of 2012...

 

[rupscund]

Embarrassing. One thing after another. Club is an utter shambles from top to bottom.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Good to see the club is exposing him and not keeping this thing internal.

 

[Big Poppa]

https://www.girondins33.com/Actualites/laurent-koscielny-present-a-la-reprise-d-arsenal/36068

Word is that he wants us to release him for free so that he can move to Bordeaux. Which would be a low and absurd move from him, do he realize how much we need money right now?

I mean, I can't think of a single footballer who cares about transfer fees on their head. Could be he just wants the path of least resistance for himself, which is him being a free agent.

It sounds to me though like it's more than that. As if we are unwilling to negotiate a transfer unless we can bring in a guaranteed replacement.

Which is more than understandable from our perspective and in line with recent rhetoric about how we deal with player sales.

The public statement is an interesting move too. Very un-Arsenal like, but again, probably an attempt to shift away from a management approach that was perceived to be overly submissive.

 

[Tosker]

there could be personal issues going on that we don't know about - I'll await Kos's take on this before criticizing