Mathieu Debuchy has admitted he considered leaving Arsenal after losing his starting place to Hector Bellerin. The French right-back joined Arsenal for £12m in July 2014 and saw his first season at the club heavily disrupted by injury, with problems with his ankle ligaments and a dislocated shoulder limiting him to just 11 Premier League starts. He has featured just once this season, in Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to West Ham , with Bellerin keeping him out of the side. The Spanish youngster also received his first call up to the national squad this week. “It is difficult,” Debuchy told L’Equipe. “Even if I had not played a lot last season, in my head I would return to start after...
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