Arsenal Transfers: Picking One Player From Each Ligue 1 Side

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Nantes: Valentin Rongier

Here is someone that I really wish Arsenal would actually look at. The young, 21 year old midfielder has some excellent defensive qualities. He is a fantastic tackler, averaging 3.2 tackles per game. He also maintains two interceptions per game. Those aren’t Lars Bender numbers, but this is a 21 year old and he would not fetch a Lars Bender price. In fact, his market value is still nowhere in the vicinity of a million. As such, he may register as one of those “young French folk” that Wenger tends to go for.

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But Rongier is a very quality find as he is. Offensively he has a very steady touch with the ball at his feet. He maintains a steady 85% pass completion. No shame in that.

The only potential downfall is that he is not that big. For the same reason I am praising Rongier, I also degraded Marcelo Brozovic. The point of this list is to pick one guy from each team. Rongier is the most useful player that Nantes have when it comes to appealing to Arsenal.

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