Francis Coquelin Archives: 10/2016

If I asked you who completed the most final-third passes at Arsenal, you wouldn’t pick Francis Coquelin, but he’s leading the way, not only in London but across the whole of EUROPE!

Gilberto Silva isn’t any stranger to the comparisons drawn between himself and Francis Coquelin but he’s revealed that he still takes it as a compliment.

The midfield configuration in Carlo Ancelotti’s great Milan side had the technical prowess and brains of Andrea Pirlo at the base, Gennaro Gattuso as the pitbull ballwinner slightly ahead of him, and then the creative spark of Kaka as its number 10. Arsenal have Francis Coquelin

Francis Coquelin gets a hard time from a lot of Arsenal supporters for not being good enough but for what he is employed to do, the Frenchman is pretty darn decent at it.

Mohammed Elneny used his first Premier League start since the opening day against Liverpool to outpass everybody else on the pitch, but there was a problem.

When you win and score six, it’s easy to think that everything is rosy and that decisions which were questioned before kickoff didn’t, ultimately matter.

Mohamed Elneny and Francis Coquelin completed the most passes during Arsenal’s 0-0 draw against Middlesbrough but, even so, the Gunners missed Santi Cazorla and Granit Xhaka massively.

When Francis Coquelin was included in the starting lineup on Wednesday night, the overwhelming response was ‘WAAAAHHHHHHH GRANIT XHAKA!’

When the team news was announced before the game, most people wanted to know why Arsene Wenger had turned to Francis Coquelin instead of Granit Xhaka, so how did the Frenchman do?

Francis Coquelin believes Arsenal need to claim three points over Ludogorets on Wednesday seeing as the rest of our Champions League fixtures will be difficult… when aren’t they?

Francis Coquelin joined Arsene Wenger for his press conference ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Ludogorets and revealed that he’s now feeling 100%.

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Francis Coquelin and Mesut Ozil will be available to face Swansea on Saturday but Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud miss out again.

It’s not often Arsenal come out of an international break with fewer injured players than they started it with, but that looks like it will be the case this time as Lucas and Francis Coquelin both returned to training.

In one of the more random segments that Arsenal have decided to put out on their official YouTube channel, Francis Coquelin revealed why he includes his shirt number in his signature.

After the on-pitch ecstasy of Chelsea and Basel, Sunday’s Lancashire struggle reminded us that the last 20 years have yielded plenty of frustration with joy.

Francis Coquelin has already returned to training!