ARSENAL have agreed to sign a player who almost quit football to become a POSTMAN. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has given his stamp of approval to Auxerre striker Yaya Sanogo, 20, handing him a four-year deal. Sanogo delivered 10 goals in 13 games last season for his Ligue 2 club. But the France Under-21 international revealed he was close to packing in the game after a double leg break in 2010. He said: “I felt there was no point in me continuing and putting my health at risk. “I couldn’t run any more, the doctors didn’t know what my problem was and I felt disgusted. “I told my mother that I was going to work for the Post Office. “But one day I tried to run once more, it went well, and I recovered bit by bit.” Sanogo, a target for Lille, said he was won over by the first- class treatment he received from Wenger and Gunners scout Gilles Grimandi. The striker added: “Gilles came to watch me at Auxerre and he invited me to a hotel in Paris. Arsene Wenger was there to welcome me in person. “I was very impressed that he had come all that way specially. He told me I would get my chance at Arsenal. “He said he’d been following me for years. The journey he’d made convinced me to join Arsenal.”
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 05:57:28 +0000
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