Wenger tells new-boy Cygan to toughen up for Premiership

ARSENE WENGER has told new-boy Pascal Cygan to toughen up or expect a battering from the Premiership's hard men in a month's time.

The 28-year-old centre-back, signed for £2.1million from French outfit Lille last week, made his Gunners' bow in their 6-1 friendly demolition of Conference side Stevenage.

Cygan stands 6ft 5in tall and looked assured against opposition five divisions below the Double-winning men from Highbury but Wenger believes the Frenchman must show more muscle if he is to live up to his billing as the next Tony Adams.