Francis Coquelin

[LDG]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...-term-contract

Francis Coquelin has signed a new long-term contract with the Club.

Since returning from a successful year long loan spell with French Ligue 1 side Lorient in the summer, the France youth international has featured 12 times for Arsène Wenger’s side.

Demonstrating his versatility with a string of fine performances in both holding midfield and defence, Coquelin has established himself as a valuable addition to the first team squad this term, putting in a man of the match performance against Tottenham in October and providing excellent cover in both full-back positions.

The youngster, who made his Arsenal debut in the Carling Cup victory over Sheffield United in September 2008 aged 17, has now racked up a total of 16 games at senior level.

As well as being a regular for the Reserves in recent seasons, he was an integral part of the FA Youth Cup-winning side of 2009 and a key member of the France team to win the European Under-19 Championships a year later.

Everyone at Arsenal looks forward to Francis' continued contribution to the Club in the years to come.

That's a nice one to get tied up.

Good player.

[Coney]

Waited till he was injured first, though.

[selassie]

Good news. I really rate this kid, I think he'll make it here too.

[Power n Glory]

From when he first arrived at the club, you could see he had talent. The loan spell was good for him and he's even better now. Glad he's on board.

[GP]

I love the Coq

[Syn]

Yeah, definitely looks like a good player. Should be interesting to see where his position is in the long term. Seems like a jack of all trades type. Maybe a box-to-box CM role would suit him. We should have some very strong players in midfield soon.

[Marc Overmars]

The new Flamini

[Syn]

The new Flamini

We should be careful not to piss him off by playing him at LB and we should be fine.

So far so good.

[Flavs]

The new Flamini

Better than him already tbf

Hope the hamstring injury isnt serious, last thing we need is a limp Coq