Arsene Wenger: I didn’t stop Mathieu Debuchy’s United switch

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has denied blocking Mathieu Debuchy from moving to Manchester United last year — but revealed he will put the defender in the January sales.

Debuchy has played only 16 minutes of football this season for the Gunners and is arguably Wenger’s fourth-choice right-back behind Hector Bellerin, Carl Jenkinson, and youngster Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

The 31-year-old has found himself frozen out of the first-team picture at the Emirates Stadium and spent the second-half of last season on loan at Bordeaux.