Sanogo: “Arsenal Is My Choice” – French Starlet Confirms Gunners Move

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Arsenal are set to complete their first summer signing after French starlet Yaya Sanogo confirmed he’s chosen to join the Gunners this summer.

We’ve been heavily linked with a move for the young Auxerre striker in recent months and boss Arsene Wenger revealed last week in his pre-match press conference ahead of the Newcastle game that a deal for the 20-year-old was close.

But speaking to Sky Sports News, Sanogo has also confirmed he’s elected to follow in the footsteps of Abou Diaby and move to north London where he hopes to improve under the tutelage of Wenger.

“Arsenal could be a great club for me, I scored nine goals this season with Auxerre and they think I can improve my level in England,” he told Sky Sports.

“I am pleased to be following in the footsteps of Abou Diaby who came through from Auxerre.

“There are many teams interested in me, but Arsenal is my choice.”

Many fans are rightly excited about the world-class names being linked with Arsenal at the minute. Today we’re understood to be in talks over a potential £24.5m deal to sign Stevan Jovetic and other reports claim we’re lining-up a £19m move for Gonzalo Higuain.

While it’s vital we bring in players of that caliber this summer , it’s also important to plan for the future and Sanogo could prove to be an astute buy. He’s young and extremely talented from what I’ve seen of him, and a goal return of 9 in 11 games this season is impressive. The main concern is his injury record but he’s out of contract this summer, therefore we’ll only need to pay Auxerre compensation for him, so he’s certainly worth a punt.

So while we’re all dreaming about the big-money signings, lets not forget we also need to carry on our tradition of signing Europe’s best up-and-coming talent and unearthing hidden gems. Who knows, he could prove to be the next Nicolas Anekla. Welcome to Arsenal Yaya Sanogo. (I’m sure we can come up with some amazing songs for him with that name!)

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9 Comments

1. 

   cikku

   May 21, 2013 at 8:25 pm

   Ya-ya sano-go ya-ya sano-go o-le ole ole ole ya-ya sano-go

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2. 

   salim m nasir

   May 21, 2013 at 8:41 pm

   Pray for management to spend big..welcome to emirate yaya sonogo

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3. 

   Emmanuel kibet

   May 21, 2013 at 8:47 pm

   Sa’ngo bi-ngi

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4. 

   Bello musa

   May 21, 2013 at 8:53 pm

   Welcum to emirate, home of tiki taka yaya

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5. 

   dan'ahmedgosh

   May 21, 2013 at 8:55 pm

   I pray let the management try and better stricker, let podoski and girond go collect their and buy jovetic or guian rooney, we defensif medfield like tiot from newcastle united we

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6. 

   taban

   May 21, 2013 at 9:19 pm

   plz Wenger, let’s leave this bussiness of identifying good players and our rivals buys them! we also need sliver wears this time, and it will only happen if we make a good shoping.(no fool nor wise can work without a tool).

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7. 

   taban

   May 21, 2013 at 9:22 pm

   yaya you are mostly welcome to join your hero Abuo Diaby

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8. 

   Emmanuel Chinedu

   May 21, 2013 at 9:34 pm

   Ya! Asenal at the move 2 make tins that has bein long happed, 2happen again & again

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9. 

   Ayo

   May 21, 2013 at 10:35 pm

   Am I the only one that sees another Abou in this guy??…2 seasons on the Injury table…3 months galloping on the field…Diaby is his Mentor afterall 🙁

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