Source: Daily_Mail
Laurent Koscielny begs Lorient to accept £8.3m Arsenal offer
Laurent Koscielny has told Lorient he wants to join Arsenal and wants the club to accept their latest offer of £8.3million.[LNB]Koscielny, 24, only joined Lorient last summer for £1.5m and is growing frustrated at Lorient's demands as they try to push the fee higher. But he now hopes his stance will prompt a compromise with Lorient getting a sell-on clause inserted in the deal.[LNB]Koscielny's agent Stephane Canard said: 'Laurent told the Lorient president and coach that he wants to move to Arsenal come what may. [LNB] Please release me: Lorient defender Laurent Koscielny is begging with officials at the French club to allow him a big money switch to Arsenal[LNB]'It is hard to ignore interest from Arsene Wenger. Lorient's directors want to get over £8.3m from Arsenal. [LNB]'We have held talks with them, and with a sell-on clause inserted in the deal we are not far off agreement.'[LNB] No deal: Everton rebuffed an approach from Arsenal for defender Phil Jagielka[LNB]Wenger is still keen to add another defender. He was rebuffed in his initial effort to sign Everton's Phil Jagielka but may yet improve his offer. [LNB]He is set to lose William Gallas to Juventus while Mikael Silvestre is talking to clubs in the Middle East.[LNB] [LNB]
