A little more than two months ago, Francis Coquelin was a substitute for Charlton's Championship clash with Reading. The Frenchman found himself behind the likes of Yoni Buyens and Johnnie Jackson in the pecking order. Since then, he has experienced a dramatic change in circumstance, now starting regularly for Arsenal and making a case for long-term inclusion in the first-team squad. There's certainly an element of fortune about the rise to prominence. It's difficult to call any Arsenal injury crisis "unexpected" but few could have predicted quite how many midfielders the Gunners would lose this winter. Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta and of course Abou Diaby all succumbed to injury. Had Arsenal been able to call upon their regular retinue of midfielders, Coquelin would most likely have extended his loan spell in the Championship. Read more http://www.espnfc.us/club/arsenal/359/blog/post/2231821/could-coquelin-solve-midfield-conundrum
Unless we can secure a player like Pogba, Coquelin is preferred to Arteta and Flamini (at least for me).
