Monday, August 22nd, 2011 « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News. Supporting the Lord Wenger; coach of the decade

According to Sky Sports Yann M’Vila ain’t going nowhere.

According to Sky SportsReal Madrid and Liverpool have been trying to buy him.    According to Sky Sports he has a contract lasting until 2015 which he signed in May.

According to Sky Sports the defensive midfielder believes he is better off continuing his development in France as that gives him the best chance of playing at next year’s European Championship.

But maybe Arsène Wenger has other ideas.  Jack Wilshere plus Yann M’Vila behind Aaron Ramsey.

M’Vila is a French international.  Word now (except at Sky Sports) is that  Rennes have allowed Mr Wenger to talk to him.   Oh and he is talking to  Sochaux’s attacking midfielder Marvin Martin.

Such buys would come as no surprise, given that Mr Wenger tends to buy French, and at around the price level being quoted here.  Petit, Henry, Pires all fit this sort of purchasing mould.  Vieira is the obvious odd man out as he only cost £3.5m.  The purchase of Vieira today would be met by those highly knowledgeable bloggers who comment on such things with howls of derisive laughter.

M’Vila has played83 times for Rennes, and scored three, over three seasons; he is married with two sons.  He previously played for Amiens SC and FC Mantes.

And here’s something to warm you (if you are of that sort of mind) – his father is Jean-Elvis M’Vila.  I mean with a name like that, what more do you want.

His father was from the Republic of Congo, and is a metallurgist.

M’Vila has played for France at under 16 and higher levels all the way up to under 21.  On 5 August 2010 he joined the senior squad under Laurent Blanc and got his first international  cap, getting very positive reviews from the French press as a player of the future.

On 25 March 2011, M’Vila created a record completing 92.5% of his 134 attempted passes in a 2–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying win over  Luxembourg.

And finally, one more player we may have forgotten: Coquelin.  He has been playing in the under 20 world cup, and surely must be in line to help out in the defence.

As for Marvin Martin, come back shortly and I should have some more on that, but I have to go to work now.

Tony Attwood