Arsenal have already made two unsuccessful bids for Lorient defender Laurent Koscielny, and his agent is telling everyone that his client wants to play for Arsenal.
Koscielny’s agent Stephane Canard was quoted in France Football as saying:
“It is difficult to not listen to someone like Arsene Wenger when he is attracted. Any player is tempted to work with him. Lorient’s officials want to get an eight-digit fee and negotiations have started. With some bonuses, we are not that far away. He recently called his chairman and coach to tell them he absolutely wants to join Arsenal.”
Arsenal’s last offer was for around 10million euros (£8.3million) so if Lorient are looking for an eight-digit transfer fee, then the two sides must be very close. Lorient signed Koscielny from Tours last year for a reported £1.2m, so they stand to make a huge profit on this deal.
Koscielny is predominately a left-sided defender. He is 6ft 1in and is known for his positional awareness, pace, and tackling ability. He should forge a great partnership with Thomas Vermaelen.
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he will be backup for vermaleon bcos he is left footed too and we cnt play two left footed cb’s
So if he is predorminantly a left sided defender how is he supposed to forge a succesful partnership with TV5??Coz the last time i checked TV5 was also a left sided defender.
buy him at any cost he is better than verminator, they will be unbeatable at the back.
i think he may be great but to be honest i would prefer alex or luisao to replace gallas. i think laurent would be too light wait for the premiere league.
(lightweight) mistake
I may not sure about French Defender … we have a lesson by P.Cygan
I prefer player’s style like Sol…stamina,body strong … who can fight with Drogba!!!
YES!!!… i like ‘Gary Cahill’ or ‘Phil Jagielka’ … english player know how to play on EPL.
buy him or else.
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