http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 had actually shown interest in landing the defender, but he rejected their approaches, since he was committed to the North London club.
The defender went on to recently sign a five year extension on his contract with the club and in doing so, the twenty six year old defender has gone on to confirm that he has no plans of leaving the Emirates.
The centre back took his time to develop into a first team player, but last season, he finally broke free and proved just how good he can be.
He went on to become Arsenal’s first choice centre back and was claimed to be one of the stand out performers for the North London club.
His consistent performances at the back, often helped the team get out of tricky situations and saved them from a lot of humiliation.
When questioned about his future and whether he knew that Barcelona were knocking on the door to sign him, he responded by stating: "Yes of course and frankly it is flattering.”
"But at Arsenal I have everything; I have a great training centre, a wonderful stadium and an amazing group.”
"I am so happy to have signed a new contract until 2017. It means a lot, notably that the club has a lot of trust in me.”
Koscielny then went on to reveal that his dream was to be a successful part of the team and help it win titles in the future. He admitted that he wanted to try and play like the French players who played at the club before him, in order to try and become a part of the club’s history.
"I really want to grow here as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrick-Vieira-c29316 and some others did,” Koscielny added.
Should the defender continue to build on his performances from last season, he would easily go down as being one of the best players in the team and one of the best defenders in the Premier League.
From then on, it would only be a matter of helping the team win some trophies, before he is hailed as one of the best defenders to ever play for the club.
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