Laurent Koscielny set to sign new Arsenal contract that will keep France international defender at The Emirates until 2020
LAURENT KOSCIELNY is set to sign a new four-year Arsenal deal in the coming days.
Negotiations between the player and the club are at an advanced stage and an announcement could even come before the Gunners‘ clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, according to reports in France.
Laurent Koscielny (R) is poised to sign a new Arsenal deal until 2020EPA
The club are keen to tie Koscielny down with his current contract up at the end of next season.
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And a stay until 2020 would extend his stay at the club to the ten-year mark, when the France defender will hit 35.
It would make Koscielny an exception to Wenger‘s rule of not offering long-term deals to players over the age of 30.
Which shows just how much of a problem the Gunners boss has found it to recruit quality to his backline in recent years.
Koscielny and France recently commemorated the victims of the Paris attacks before their victory over SwedenGetty ImagesKoscielny could extend his stay to ten years at Arsenal… a year longer than Patrick VieiraReuters
The 42-cap defender was an unknown to English fans when he arrived in 2010, but has gone on to become one of the finest centre-back in the world.
Injuries appeared to halt his progress in 2014, when persistent achilles problems left him missing strings of games at a time.
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But having appeared to shake off the issue, which was once considered chronic, Koscielny is now poised for a ten-year stay that would eclipse the nine years that Patrick Vieira spent at the club.
Thierry Henry managed eight years, while Robert Pires was a Gunner for six.
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