'Something broke inside my head' - Sagna reveals truth behind Arsenal exit

The ex-Gunner was one of the Premier League's best right-backs during his time in north London however left in 2014 in the wake of becoming disappointed

Bacary Sagna has opened up about leaving his 'cherished' Arsenal in 2014, conceding that he lost his head at the club's hesitance to open agreement talks.

Having shown up in north London in 2007, Sagna immediately settled himself as perhaps the best protector in the Premier League with his predictable exhibitions on the correct side of Arsenal's back four.

He was named in the Premier League group of the year in 2008 and 2011 and proceeded to show up for the Gunners during his seven-year remain with the club.

In any case, he left on a free exchange in the mid year of 2014, having let his agreement run down, and proceeded to make a transition to Manchester City, where he spent the following three seasons before leaving in 2017.

The ex-France universal has now uncovered why the conditions around Emirates Stadium at the time left him with no alternative other than to leave.

Sagna - who is a free operator and living with his family in Canada - concedes Arsenal's choices to sell Robin van Persie to Manchester United and Alex Song to Barcelona had an impact in realizing his exit, yet the principle reason was the way late the club left it before attempting to go into discusses another agreement.

"I got irritated, not when [Cesc] Fabregas left - on the grounds that that was a significant evident move - not when [Samir] Nasri left, yet when Robin left. It resembled an announcement from the club. He left such that nobody comprehended on the grounds that he was flying," the 37-year-old told Goal in an elite meeting.

"He was an alternate kind of player. A creature on the pitch, a goalscoring machine. At the point when he left, I asked why Arsenal didn't attempt more to keep him.

"Regardless of whether they needed to go through heaps of cash, do what needs to be done on the grounds that you need to go through cash to get another player. What's more, in the event that you need to win something, it will set aside effort for that player to adjust.

"I didn't get that and Alex Song's turn. Both of them left simultaneously and I discovered perusing the French press. That got me truly steamed."

Sagna included: "Not long a while later I had a meeting with L'Equipe and they asked me what my future was and around then, I hadn't held any discussions about my future and I just had one year left before the finish of my agreement.

"To me, actually, on the off chance that they needed me to remain I would have remained. Be that as it may, I didn't feel like they did everything to make me remain. I was not anticipating that them should go around after me, however I in any event anticipated that them should give me some affection and cause me to feel like they needed me to remain one year before the finish of a similar agreement I had saved for a long time without requesting one penny more.

"In any case, they just conversed with me after I did that meet with L'Equipe. It didn't feel like a characteristic move and I didn't feel good by any means. This hurt me as a player and as an individual since I generally put forth a valiant effort, I never requested anything from 2008 to 2014.

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