It was the pivotal moment in Francis Coquelin’s career, a telephone call that was the difference between him becoming a regular in the Arsenal team and leaving this summer, but it initially just felt like more bad news. • Arsenal given Sami Khedira boost A spate of midfield injuries at Arsenal had prompted Arsène Wenger to recall Coquelin from his loan spell at Charlton but, when he was subsequently only a substitute in the matches against Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers, the displeasure was written wide across his face. “The boss came to me and said, ‘you don’t look happy’. I said, ‘yeah, it’s true’. I wasn’t happy...
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