ARSENAL MISSED OUT KYLIAN MBAPPE

 Ex-Arsenal scout Gilles Grimandi: 

"The job of scouting is about finding but also missing players. For me, it is Kylian Mbappe. We just could not convince him.

He was out of contract in June 2013 and we met him in February.

"If we could have convinced him to join, he would have  – but he then decided on Monaco. Arsenal were not always playing their best so it was quite complicated. At first it was easy, as soon as we talked to a player he wanted to sign it.

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