Laurent Koscielny has all but been signed already having agreed personal terms with Arsenal and today after the loan move of Francis Coquelin to Lorrient the other way it appears Arsenal fee believed to be in the region of £9 million has been accepted only leaving the player to pass his medical.

Arsene Wenger already said in The Sun newspaper that “talks had and were on going” and today we heard that the Lorrient manager, Chrstian Gourcuff,  said it is hugely likely that Koscielny will join Arsenal this summer (well in the next few weeks). This appears to be the signing Wenger talked about when doing coverage for French TV but who is the next defender coming to Arsenal as clearly we need to sign another with the departures of Mikael Silvestre, Gallas and a probable Campbell.