Key Soccerlytics Insights:
- 21 year old Ivorian International full-back Serge Aurier has had a stellar season for Toulouse in France's Ligue 1, and is set to feature in Ivory Coast's starting 11 in Brazil this Summer, having moved ahead of Emmanuel Eboue in the pecking order
- Aurier, who just completed his second year at Toulouse, finished the season with an impressive 6 goals and 6 assists from his full-back position. Defensively, he averaged 2.8 tackles per game (94 tackles) and 2.2 interceptions per game (75 interceptions), committing only about 1 foul per game in the process
- The Ivorian star, currently valued at 6.5M Euros by Transfermarkt.com is rumored to be close to signing for Arsenal in a deal reported to be around 7M Pounds
- Should the deal go through, Aurier should serve as a more than adequate replacement for the outgoing Bacary Sagna
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