Arsenal braced for Ligue 1 bid for defender – report

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Bordeaux want to bring Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny back to Ligue 1, write L'Equipe.

The Frenchman left his homeland in 2010 when he joined the Gunners from Lorient.

The centre-back has since made 353 appearances for Arsenal, winning back-to-back FA Cups in 2014 and 2015.

Manager Paulo Sousa wants to add some experience to his backline after last term's bottom-half finish.

Koscielny is said to be interested in Bordeaux's project and could ask Arsenal to leave a year before his contract expires.

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Greg Lea
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Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).