I would imagine that watching other defenders at the club earning more money, knowing how inadequate they are, must be extremely frustrating, especially being the club captain.
Yet another example of Wenger, Gazidis, and the clubs combined stupidity, when it comes to dealing with players.
He’s a crock and too old for a top PL club but he is still arguably our best CB, so the prospect of Mustafi and Sokratis as our starting CB pairing next season should be enough to get Emery to sign someone for next season, even if it’s Cahill on loan.
Sound speculative and something that has been fed into him from one of the sides.
But if this is true, then it is really cuntish behaviour and he should be reprimanded.
Nothing wrong with crying as long as you have the will to get the job done.
The issue with Koscielny is that in crunch time he hasn’t always been able to get the job done and he allowed the squad to splinter under his supposed captaincy.
its kinda sad really, i liked him as a player i know he made some horrendous mistakes that cost us but i always felt that he is a decent guy i just liked him he seemd a top bloke. After this though its just made me sad, i really liked Kosc maybe he is best served taking himself out like this this is not what we need going forward, thanks for nothing…ruined things for yourself not that he cares of course.
A sad ending he chose for himself. I can respect a players wish to leave, but until that day comes you should not act in this unprofessional behaviour. Especially being the captain and such a long serving player at a club. He can say he loves Arsenal all he wants, but no one will take that seriously now.
If he had been treated badly, fine. If he was told he wasn’t part of the managers plan, fine. If he had told Emery early on (during the end of last season) that he wanted out, fine. He got into this mess by himself and It’s not Arsenal being disrespectful here at all.
I have no extreme opinion on a player who is going to turn 34 in september stay or leave.
It was never of benefit for either team if he stays anyway without this thing popping up.
Not gonna diminish contribution of one of only performing players in last decade. He was at times top 2-3 CB in PL