Reports have emerged of Arsène Wenger meeting with officials from AS Monaco as an attempt at signing Geoffrey Kondogbia for £22m, with plenty of circumstantial connections lending the rumour legitimacy. Arsène's own time at the club (1987-1994), our Champions League defeat at their hands, even the player's ostensible similarities to a certain Senegalese defender whose heir we've pined for lo these many years. French. Burly. Athletic. Shields the defense. Combative. More important than that, though, if it's true that he could be had for £22m, we should go for him. Morgan Schneiderlin might be the sexier option, but a league rival like...
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