Arsene Wenger requests France manager to omit Laurent Koscielny from match squad

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London, Nov 13: Arsenal FC manager Arsene Wenger has requested France football team manager Didier Deschamps to rest Laurent Koscielny against Ivory Coast.

Arsenal take on Manchester United in a crucial English Premier League game week 12 encounter on Saturday, November 19. Wenger is worried about Koscielny's fitness ahead of the crucial game.

The Gunners have already lost Hector Bellerin to a ligament injury who will remain unavailable against the Red Devils.

Star attacker Alexis Sanchez is also doubtful, who suffered a hamstring injury during international duty with Chile.

Speaking to beIN Sport, Wenger said: "I've never tried to prevent a player from international duty. When it's a competitive game I never intervene.

"France plays a friendly with Ivory Coast in the second game on Tuesday night. I can't see the purpose of Koscielny playing the second game.

I understand completely him playing against Sweden, it's difficult to understand him playing the whole game against Ivory Coast because afterward we play at Manchester United and then Paris Saint-Germain.

"If it's not needed, you try to find a compromise that suits both parties. I could ring (Didier Deschamps), but most of the time I don't do it."

France faced Sweden last week in a FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifier game. They won the match. Didier Deschamps's men next take on Ivory Coast in an international friendly game.

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