The French defender clearly has a song in his heart - and pride in his Gallic roots - by being part of a consortium to rescue the stricken factory in Tulle
Laurent Koscielny has hit the right note by helping
donate £495,000 to save an ACCORDION factory in his hometown.
The Gunners defender is apparently
part of an investment group who have acted to rescue the stricken Maugein in
the countryside town of Tulle after it went into receivership last year.
The factory turned over €800,000 in 2012 but with
competition from cheaper suppliers in Eastern Europe and the Far East they are
struggling.
Struck by the plight of the factory, local mayor
Bernard Combes reached out to Koscielny who has dug deep in a bid to save
Maugein.
Tulle is French president Francois Hollande's home
constituency and after he made his first speech in the town after being elected
president, him and his wife were serenaded by an accordionist playing La Vie en
Rose.
While Koscielny's gesture is an honourable
one, it is doubtful it will hurt his pocket too much - the 28-year-old earns a
reported £2.6m per year at the Emirates.
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