Laurent Koscielny Archives: 07/2016

Per Mertesacker has revealed that Arsene Wenger has not yet made a decision on who will replace Mikel Arteta as Arsenal captain or, if he has, he hasn’t told anyone.

Per Mertesacker looks set to be promoted to Arsenal captain after the departure of Mikel Arteta.

Sunday was relatively quiet in terms of actual news but there was quite a lot of gossip around to get the internet in a tizzy.

Sunday was a day filled with a little panic as reports surfaced that Laurent Koscielny had refused a new deal, so clearly wants to leave Arsenal after having his head turned by Bayern Munich’s interest.

We all know that a complete and full pre-season is one of the keys to a great campaign, but with a summer filled with international tournaments, who will miss not only pre-season, but the start of the season which is upon us in just under one month?

So; the summer’s international tournament has concluded, with Portugal playing Greece to France’s Portugal. Some reputations have been enhanced and others, particularly managers, have been…

Both Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud refused to put on their Euro runners-up medals after losing 1-0 to Portugal in the final.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny suffered a huge disappointment at the hands of Portugal in the Euro final.

Let me tell you right at the start – Koscielny is my favourite Arsenal player.

Against the general run of play and most people’s predictions, France beat Germany to the Euro final.

With the Arsenal first team players due to start returning to training on Monday, and Euro matches few and far between, news has been scarce.

It’s annoying enough when clubs want our players but to want them and then stick them in the squad is beyond infuriating.