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Traoré Loaned to Portsmouth After Silvestre Acquired
With Mikael Silvestre now second in line at Arsenal’s left back position, 18-year-old Armand Traoré has been loaned out to Portsmouth, where he will be Hermann Hreidarsson’s understudy.
With Portsmouth being a four competition team this year, Hreidarsson’s age (34), and Harry Redknapp probably eager to evaluation Traoré for a permanent move, the French teenager will get ample playing time. With all of Arsenal’s injuries last season, Traoré got 12 all-competition appearances. He should get around that many this season should Hreidarsson not be injured. That would be around ten more appearances than he would have got at Arsenal.
The real issue here is the mental health of Arsene Wenger. Why is he letting good, young, French footballers go out on loan? And to Pompey, of all places! Do you know how far Fratton Park is from the Emirates? Couldn’t Traoré have gone to Fulham, or West Ham, or some place closer?
Wenger has countered the Silvestre acquisition with the Traoré loan deal. Arsenal now only has six French players.
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