Laurent Koscielny Archives: 06/2016

Real Madrid have apparently set their beedy eyes on Laurent Koscielny, the man tipped by many to be the next captain of Arsenal.

Daily Cannon spent Monday basking in the ambiance of Alexis Sanchez’s Copa America win with Chile, as well as sifting through the usual gossip.

Laurent Koscielny gave a long interview to l’Equipe prior to the 2016 Euros that the English media have only just picked up, here are some bits about defensive work and positioning.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured for France as they beat Ireland 2-1 to seal their place in the quarter-finals, with Oli putting in a great shift.

Here’s what happened on Wednesday.

Laurent Koscielny has done a Q&A for the French paper l’Equipe about the things that he likes and dislikes and there are some funny answers.

France were held to a poor 0-0 draw against Switzerland on Sunday night but still finished top of Group A, which was the main target. Laurent Koscielny started the game and played 90 minutes.

It was all a bit quiet on the Arsenal-front on Sunday.

It was an anticlimax, but France and Switzerland both progress to the final 16 of the Euros.

With France winning 2-0, it was the first clean sheet for the French defence in the tournament.

Here’s Wednesday’s news and gossip from the Goonerverse.

Although neither managed to score during France’s 2-0 win over Albania, both Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny featured.

All our Arsenal players, except for Hector Bellerin, have featured for their national teams in their opening matches of Euro 2016. Here’s how we think they’ve rated so far.

Laurent Koscielny said that the French fans will remember their victory over Romania for a long time after Dimitri Payet’s thunderbolt sealed the win for his country.

Olivier Giroud had a big hand to play in France’s 2-1 win against Romania in the opening game of Euro 2016.

Another day, another load of rumours, but this time it seems like we might have something concrete to report.

Laurent Kosicleny believes that some new players at Arsenal next season will allow the club to reach another level as they look to go one step further in the league than they did last season.

Laurent Koscielny seems quite happy with the idea of Jamie Vardy rocking up at Arsenal next season as the captain-in-waiting sang his praises to the media.

Laurent Koscielny has spoken to the French media following France’s 3-0 win over Scotland and admitted that he’s happy with his contribution.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny scored France’s three goals against Scotland, prompting us to use the headline ‘Arsenal thump Scotland’. And Olivier Giroud