Per Mertesacker has shockingly revealed that he is planning to retire from playing and take up a backroom role at Arsenal. The defender made the surprise revelation in an interview with German media outlet Sport1, as he admitted that the demands of modern day football were taking their toll on him. Mertesacker sat out the entirety of the 2016/17 season after he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in pre-season last summer (save for two appearances in the Gunners' final two games of the...
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