Arsenal legend Alan Smith has claimed that Francis Coquelin is the reason why Arsene Wenger did not sign N'Golo Kante last summer. The France international was on Arsenal's radar during the last summer window, after helping his former club, Leicester City to a memorable Premier League title last season, sparking a bidding war between Chelsea and the Gunners. Kante chose to join Chelsea ahead of Arsenal last summer and Alan Smith claims Arsene Wenger's faith in Coquelin made him pull out of the race to the 25-year-old who turned out to be a stand-out performer for the Blues this summer. He said: ‘Of course they should have, ‘He’s something that they haven’t got. I think Arsene Wenger thought at the time that Coquelin would be able to do that job. ‘But … [Read more...]