Laurent Koscielny was understood to be keen to move back to his homeland after nine seasons with Arsenal, having joined the Gunners in 2010 from Lorient.

Laurent Koscielny is set to be sidelined for six months, bringing a sad end to his international career as he had planned to retire after the finals in Russia.

Arsenal have won just three away league games all season and have now lost eight of their past 13 games in all competitions.

A year ago Arsenal lost their opening two Champions League group games before scraping through to the last 16 behind Bayern Munich, only to fall at that stage for the sixth year running

Laurent Koscielny was part of the France team that was playing Germany at the Stade de France at the time of the attacks and while he then faced England on Tuesday, Wenger acknowledged that the player's mind was elsewhere.

A first half goal from Olivier Giroud and second half efforts from Laurent Koscielny and Joel Campbell kept the second-placed Arsenal F.C. level on points with Manchester City F.C.

Chelsea F.C. striker Diego Costa has been charged for apparently swinging his arm at Laurent Koscielny during Saturday's game against Arsenal F.C.

The team Laurent Blanc picks for Tuesday's final warm-up game against Estonia is expected to closely resemble France's starting lineup for the European Championship match against England next week.

The League Cup has adopted a new moniker and will be known as the Capital One Cup starting the new season. A four-year sponsorship agreement has been signed on with the credit card company, Capital One.

Cardiff's Malaysian chairman Dato Chan Tien Ghee insists his club will use the pain of their League Cup final defeat against Liverpool as motivation to win promotion to the Premier League.