SAGNA AIMS HIGH
The French defender of Arsenal joined the English in 2007 but this might just be his last season with the club of which is guided by Arsene Wenger.
Despite losing 1 of his more important and experienced players it has been reported that the veteran coach is already setting his sights on possible replacements which include: Micah Richards of Manchester City, Stephan Lichtsteiner of Juventus and the more probable Rocha from Atletico Mineiro.
The French defender of Arsenal joined the English in 2007 but this might just be his last season with the club of which is guided by Arsene Wenger.
Despite losing 1 of his more important and experienced players it has been reported that the veteran coach is already setting his sights on possible replacements which include: Micah Richards of Manchester City, Stephan Lichtsteiner of Juventus and the more probable Rocha from Atletico Mineiro.
Reports have been emerging stating that Sagna will most likely receive offers from other clubs especially from his hometown in France. He was signed from Auxerre in the year 2007 and ever since joining has played a pivotal role in the defense of Arsenal as he even had to play as a makeshift centre-back on a number of matches. Unibet have started offering betting markets on Sagna playing in france or Italy come the January transfer window.
21 years old Sime Vrsaljko is another player that Arsene Wenger is keeping a close eye as another potential replacement for Sagna who is currently on his last year of his contract.
They do have England international Carl Jenkinson but there are concerns Sagna may not re-sign so they are beginning to look around for replacements. Croatian international Vrsaljko, 21, is also attracting interest from Inter Milan even though he has only been at Genoa since July.
Vrsaljko is versatile defender that can play in either the left back or right back position and has attracted the attention of not only Arsenal and Inter Milan but others as well after making a superb start to his genoa career.
Sagna has enjoyed a fairly impressive time stamp with the Arsenal jersey but it looks like it might be over for him in the Premier League.
SAGNA RULED OUT
Bacary Sagna has injured his hamstring and he will not be able to give his services to Arsenal in their next Premier League game against West Bromwich Albion. Sagna picked up this injury while playing in the Champions League game against Napoli on Tuesday.
Sagna will not feature for Arsenal for the next 20 days or so which means he will miss the game against Norwich City and perhaps, the Champions League fixture against Borussia Dortmund too.
Talking to the reporters yesterday, the manager of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, confirmed Sagna’s unavailability for the next 3 weeks.
Bacary Sagna has injured his hamstring and he will not be able to give his services to Arsenal in their next Premier League game against West Bromwich Albion. Sagna picked up this injury while playing in the Champions League game against Napoli on Tuesday.
Sagna will not feature for Arsenal for the next 20 days or so which means he will miss the game against Norwich City and perhaps, the Champions League fixture against Borussia Dortmund too.
Talking to the reporters yesterday, the manager of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, confirmed Sagna’s unavailability for the next 3 weeks.
Wenger said, “Bacary will not be available for the next 3 weeks. He is a quality player and losing him is certainly a big blow for us. Hopefully, Carl Jenkinson will make use of this opportunity and put up a good show against West Brom.”
Wenger admitted that his side can still improve with Chelsea coming close to them quickly.
The Arsenal manager said, “Chelsea is pretty close to us and they have already faced some tough teams.”
“I think we can still perform better. It all depends on our hunger for the title.”
Meanwhile, because of his hamstring injury, Sagna will be an absentee in France’s next couple of international games as well.
France has to play against Australia and Finland in the next 10 days. The match against Australia is a friendly one and will take place on 11th of this month and then, after 4 days, the French team will play a World Cup qualifier against Finland at Stade de France.
For those two games, Rod Fanni has been included in the French team on the place of Sagna.
France is currently at the second position in the Group I points table with 14 points in 7 matches.