Source: Daily_Mail
Arsenal ready to let Francis Coquelin go to Lorient in bid seal Laurent Koscielny swoop
[LNB]Next top Gun? Laurent Koscielny (left) [LNB]Arsenal arepreparing to let youngmidfielder FrancisCoquelin join Lorient ona season-long loan tohelp improve theirchances of landing theFrench side's defenderLaurent Koscielny. [LNB]Sportsmail revealedArsenal's interest in the24-year-old centre backlast week and theyfollowed up with a £4.2moffer. [LNB]The French clubare demanding closer to£7m, however, andArsenal will makeanother offer this week. [LNB]Arsenal have been toldto drop their interest inCrewe's wonderkid NickPowell. [LNB]Arsene Wenger isdesperate to snap upthe 16-year-old Englandyouth striker but Crewemanager Dario Gradisaid: 'People have beentelling me Arsenal areinterested in Powell,including myrecruitment man here. [LNB]'But none of our youngplayers are for sale atany price. If we sell ayoung player to Arsenaland he doesn't comethrough, you'd wonderwhat he would havedone if we had kept himhere.' [LNB]Aaron Ramsey, 19, whois currently recoveringfrom a broken leg, hassigned a new four-yearcontract with Arsenal.[LNB] Ramsey gets perfect get-well-soon gift in shape of long-term Arsenal contract Terry urges Spurs target Joe Cole to sign new deal with champions Chelsea Lyon desperate to beat Arsenal and City in race to sign £21m Gourcuff [LNB]
