{"id":1097729,"date":"2019-07-11T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1097729"},"modified":"2019-07-11T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T11:01:45","slug":"arsenal-captain-laurent-koscielny-refuses-to-join-pre-season-tour","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-captain-laurent-koscielny-refuses-to-join-pre-season-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny refuses to join pre-season tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to join the Gunners&#8217; pre-season tour of the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old French central defender joined the Gunners from FC Lorient in 2010 and has been linked with a move away from north London this summer.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7311398-alexander-arnold-s-perfect-mentor-the-goat-right-back-is-available-for-free<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery&#8217;s men\u00a0 are set to play four matches across in America eight days starting with a friendly with Colorado Rapids on July 16.<\/p>\n<p>Following their meeting with the MLS outfit there are International Champions Cup contests against Bayern Munich (July 18), AS Roma (July 20) and Real Madrid (July 24).<\/p>\n<p>Heading into his second campaign as manager Emery was counting on Koscielny, whose present contract expires in June 2020, but the Tulle-born defender has decided to skip their US trip.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Pogba, Neymar, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTMFBdS-T8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very disappointed by Laurent&#8217;s actions, which are against our clear instructions,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/club-statement-laurent-koscielny\">club statement<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope to resolve this matter and will not be providing any further comment at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The present situation. Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Koscielny joined Arsenal from FC Lorient in 2010 for an undisclosed fee.<\/li>\n<li>He would go on to make 353 appearances for the club, registering 27 goals.<\/li>\n<li>Koscielny subsequently became club captain under former boss Arsene Wenger.<\/li>\n<li>His present deal expires in June 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Koscielny is reportedly keen to leave for pastures new.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to join the Gunners&#8217; pre-season tour of the United States. 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