This season will
not be selling, only for Arsenal club. The French man Wenger this time has agreed to sign a player who
almost quit football to become a postman.
Gunners boss Arsene
Wenger has given his stamp of approval to Auxerre striker Yaya Toure remains
Africa’s best,Yaya Sanogo, 20, handing him a four-year
deal.
Sanogo delivered 10 goals in 13 games last season for his Ligue
2 club. But the France Under-21 international revealed he was close to packing
in the game after a double leg break in 2010.
He said: “I felt there was no point in me continuing and putting
my health at risk.
“I couldn’t run any more, the doctors didn't know what my
problem was and I felt disgusted.
Africa’s best
“But one day I tried to run once more, it went well, and I
recovered bit by bit.”
Sanogo, a target for Lille, said he was won over by the
first-class treatment he received from Wenger and Gunners scout Gilles
Grimandi.
The striker added: “Gilles came to watch me at Auxerre and he
invited me to a hotel in Paris. Arsene Wenger was there to welcome me in
person.
“I was very impressed that he had come all that way specially.
He told me I would get my chance at Arsenal.
“He said he’d been following me for years. The journey he’d made
convinced me to join Arsenal.”
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