{"id":1099678,"date":"2019-08-01T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1099678"},"modified":"2019-08-01T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:53:11","slug":"arsenal-emery-not-giving-up-koscielny-stay","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-emery-not-giving-up-koscielny-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal boss Emery not giving up hope on Koscielny stay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal manager Unai Emery has admitted he is still hopeful captain Laurent Koscielny will choose to stay at the club this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman caused upset among Arsenal fans when it was revealed he had refused to travel with the Gunners on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-captain-laurent-koscielny-refuses-to-join-pre-season-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-season tour to the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will Koscielny stay at Arsenal? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Laurent Koscielny joined Arsenal from Lorient in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>The Frenchman is Arsenal&#8217;s captain, taking over from Per Mertesacker.<\/li>\n<li>Koscielny hoped to leave Arsenal this summer, but the club reportedly denied his request for a free transfer.<\/li>\n<li>As a result, the 33-year-old refused to join Arsenal on their pre-season tour to the USA.<\/li>\n<li>But Emery hopes he can persuade Koscielny to stay this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7330203-it-s-easy-to-get-backwards-but-liverpool-s-dependence-on-their-front-three-isn-t-a-weakness\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Koscielny has one year remaining on his Arsenal deal and reportedly asked the club to terminate his contract early, so he could move on after nine years.<\/p>\n<p>But, despite the Frenchman trying to push a move away, Emery is still hopeful Koscielny will remain at the Emirates for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fight to convince him, but I respect his decision, a very personal decision, and that situation can only manage with one argument,&#8221; Emery told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/soccer-transfers\/story\/3910431\/arsenal-fighting-to-keep-koscielny-emery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t lost my hope that he will be with us next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a very important player for us. We are speaking with him and with the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, should Koscielny leave Arsenal, Emery remains confident in his current centre-backs, insisting the club will not look to sign another one unless they are an improvement.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We are speaking about the centre-backs, but we have a lot of centre-backs, we have good centre-backs, and if we can sign one more centre-back, it is because he is clearly better than we have. Because at the moment we have six.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have already signed one centre-back this summer, bringing William Saliba in from Saint-Etienne for \u00a327m, though the Frenchman will remain with the Ligue 1 side on loan for the season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How will Unai Emery setup Arsenal? | Squawka Tactics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgL7-JR-P8Q?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<h2><strong>Wright questions Koscielny&#8217;s loyalty<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When Koscielny&#8217;s absence from Arsenal&#8217;s pre-season tour squad was announced, Gunners fans were immediate sent into disarray at their club captain.<\/p>\n<p>And the same reaction came from former Arsenal striker Ian Wright, who believes Koscielny is risking damaging his Gunners legacy.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/ian-wright-blasts-koscielnys-baffling-decision-to-refuse-place-on-pre-season-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cFor our captain who has been there for nearly 10 years, to get to a station where he is giving us unbelievable service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen him play through the pain, build a legacy and a legendary status he deserves. I have to question Laurent\u2019s loyalty and love for the club to do this in pre-season when you are the captain with young players, a time in the season when everyone should be together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a tough season for Arsenal because we are in transition and we have a lot catching up to do. 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