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Chelsea + Man City Eye Sagna After He Tells Team Mates He’s Off

By on February 10, 2014

A bad weekend appears to have gotten worse for Arsenal with the Daily Star reporting that Bacary Sagna has told team mates he’s leaving after rejecting our latest contract offer.

The Frenchman is out of contract in the summer and talks over an extension have been in deadlock over the past few months.

The Star claim that Sagna is upset he wasn’t approached sooner about a new deal and is also unhappy that he hasn’t been rewarded for his loyalty after spurning the advances of Man City and Real Madrid in recent years.

Arsene Wenger has changed his rule of not usually offering players over 30 longer than one-year deals by offering Sagna – who turns 31 this week – a two-year extension but only on a small wage increase from his current £60,000-a-week salary.

However, the newspaper states that the right-back has rejected those terms and has made up his mind to leave in the summer, and has apparently already told team mates he’s off.

The likes of Galatasaray, Monaco and Inter Milan are willing to offer Sagna huge pay packets but the Star suggest that Chelsea and Manchester City are also ready to offer him the chance to remain in England.

Obviously it’s going to be a huge blow if Sagna leaves for nothing at the end of the season but it would really rub salt in the wound if he joined another Premier League team. Personalty, I don’t see it. He’s been fiercely loyal to Arsenal and I think he’ll head back to France and join either PSG or Monaco.

One man who is certain to depart this summer is Lukasz Fabianski with the goalkeeper confirming he has rejected our contract offer and will look to start a fresh challenge either in England or abroad when his current deal expires this summer.

“I want to be No.1 in the club and in the Polish national team. I have learned a lot at London during very positive and challenging periods.

“With biggest respect to this great club, I didn’t accept the extension offer as I am looking forward to a new challenge in England or abroad.” He told the press

Fabianski used to be something of a comical figure at the club with errors earning him the nickname ‘Flappyhandski’, but I actually think he’s improved greatly over the past 18 months and is a more than able deputy to Szczesny now.

But he knows he’s not going to be our No.1 and at 28, it’s time he forged a career as a first teamer elsewhere.

3 Comments

  1. Arinze

    February 10, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    Shalom. There is still very much to play for. It’s not down to Wenger but to the players. In a team where only Suarez and Gerald are the established stars, Arsenal players should be ashamed of making themselves inferior.

  2. Farouk

    February 11, 2014 at 11:42 am

    My dear arsenal Players,
    Its high time we fought back other than having wrangles within ourselves.We need results we as ARSENAL FANS HERE IN UGANDA

    Nasur Farouk
    Kampala_Uganda

  3. Farouk

    February 11, 2014 at 11:49 am

    I don’t see a reason why Mr.Wenger isn’t considering Gibbs as a starter in that no.3 & Rosicky coz its proved that Monreal can’t handle well bigger teams the same applies to one midfielder (Disclosed his name).Arsenal players x1 lack what we call the “FIGHTING SPIRIT” whenever we’re goals down.
    Farouk

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