Former Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny has introduced retirement from soccer with speedy impact.
Koscielny signed for Bordeaux in the summertime of 2019 from Arsenal having made 353 appearances, scoring 27 objectives and profitable two FA Cups with the Gunners.
“Laurent Koscielny intends to specify that he has determined to hold up his crampons when he would have most well-liked to assist the membership on the bottom,” an announcement learn.
“Conscious that the membership was in problem, he accepted the proposal made to occupy a brand new perform and to launch a wage proof of the priority he has for the perfect pursuits of the membership. As such, he want to thank the membership for the mark of confidence proven in him by entrusting him with this place. This mission is the extension of a profession that has gained the respect of all of its companions, coaches and workers he has labored with each within the membership and within the France crew. Laurent Koscielny additionally shares the membership’s place, which recalled in its press launch that “no doc geared toward supporting these allegations has been delivered to the eye of the Membership, which in precept intends to train the best warning”
Koscielny and goalkeeper Benoît Costil have been accused of racism nevertheless the previous Arsenal defender rejected the claims earlier than asserting retirement.
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