FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League Final - Arsenal Training - Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan - May 28, 2019 Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny during training REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Arsenal manager Unai Emery said on Thursday that he was planning for the potential departure of club captain Laurent Koscielny while mulling a leadership role for young defender Rob Holding.
Koscielny refused to join the Premier League club on their U.S. tour amid British media reports linking the 33-year-old French centre back with a move to Ligue 1 sides Girondins Bordeaux and Olympique Lyonnais.
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