Sentences with phrase «france international defender»

France international defender Eliaquim Mangala will spend the remainder of the 2017/18 campaign with the Blues after completing a loan move from Premier League leaders Manchester City on January transfer deadline day.

The France international defender Laurent Koscielny went for Alexis, but as revealed in a Metro report, the others went for a variety of Arsenal stars.

Having said that, I can confidently predict that the Arsenal and France international defender Mathieu Debuchy will never kick a ball in anger for the Gunners again.

Maybe they do things differently in France, maybe the Arsenal and France international defender has a character as spiky as his hairdo and is always falling out with his friends and calling them names.

It was only just over a year ago that Arsenal signed up the France international defender Laurent Koscielny to a new long term contract, so in theory we should not have to worry too much about the Gunners losing our brilliant centre back.

If the Arsenal and France international defender Laurent Koscielny is right, then Arsenal fans should be in for a treat today when the Gunners play host to Crystal Palace in the final match of the first half of this Premier League season.

Hopefully our France international defender Laurent Koscielny will be one of them and if so he will obviously come straight back into the starting line - up.

Unlike his manager, the France international defender Laurent Koscielny did not even mention the supposed foul on Hector Bellerin in the build up to Chelsea's first goal.

A few years ago I seem to remember hearing some comments from the Arsenal and France international defender Laurent Koscielny about his burning desire to win things in his playing career, with the suggestion that if this was not going to0 happen with the Gunners then he would be forced to leave north London for a club with more ambition.

The Arsenal and France international defender Laurent Koscielny is apparently fit again and available to play in the second leg of the Champions League knockout tie with La Liga giants Barcelona and hopefully our best centre back will then stay fit for the rest of the season.

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It is now a generally accepted truth that the best defender in the Arsenal squad is the France international Laurent Koscielny.

Chelsea were heavily linked with the defender in the winter window, but the France international is likely to become first - choice in Rafael Benitez's back - line.

With Koscielny having just returned from a hamstring problem and with the France international having struggled with niggling problems in recent years, I can not see Wenger risking his best defender.

The Arsenal and France international star Laurent Koscielny can thank his lucky stars that he turned out to be a defender, and a central defender at that, because only goal keepers have a longer shelf life as professional footballers than centre backs.

The France international exploded onto the scene in his first year at Old Trafford, when he finished as their top scorer and terrorised defenders with his pace and finishing ability.

That seems to have been the ideal chance for the young defender and he has grabbed it to such an extent that he is now in front of Calum Chambers in the pecking order, having been chosen to partner Laurent Koscielny when the France international returned to face Leicester City in our second Premier League game of the season last weekend.

If the German was really confident that the France international Mamadou Sakho would recover and that his Brazilian defensive midfielder was up to the job I wonder why he felt the need to get an emergency loan deal done for a central defender.

Considering that our main defender Laurent Koscielny has been forced to miss France's two World Cup qualifying matches this international break due to injury, and that Calum Chambers has been sidelined for weeks with a mysterious hip injury.

The France international right back, signed from Newcastle United this summer, has been talking about his new squad, as reported by the Daily Mail, and the defender who has just turned 29 is very impressed with his new team mates.

Both defenders were named in the Selecao squad for the high - profile international friendly against France on Thursday evening, but have been forced to withdraw from the side due to injury.

Following the Frenchman's # 52M move from Champions League semi-finalists Monaco, Man City finally looked to have solved their left - back problem that plagued them last season with the signing of Mendy, and should the defender maintain the form we saw him achieve for large parts of last season, there shouldn't be many left - backs in the league that can out - perform the France international.

You will not find many Arsenal fans who would disagree with the statement that the France international centre back Laurent Koscielny is the best defender in the Gunners» squad.

The 35 - year - old defender has said on more than one occasion that, in his opinion, the France international midfielder is a better player than his Juve teammate Arturo Vidal (click here to read more).

The France international is one of the most coveted defenders in La Liga and both Barcelona and Real Madrid are hot on his heels, but City are hoping that the Guardiola factor will prove decisive in swaying the youngster.

The France Under - 21 international, who has previously been linked with a move to Liverpool but reports suggested in Italy, Napoli are ready to launch a summer bid to sign the 23 - year - old defender.

They took a 2 - 0 lead through defender Varane as the France international met Lucas Vazquez's delivery to volley in side - footed from close range.