Former Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny has confirmed his retirement from football after leaving Bordeaux in January - using his statement to strong deny 'shocking' allegations of racist behaviour from the club's ultras.
Kosicelny - who played 353 times for the Gunners - has finally called time on his career having spent the last two months as a free agent, but his spell with the Ligue 1 club ended on a sour note after he was frozen out of the team before being faced with the claims from fans.
Bordeaux ultras group UB87 have accused Koscielny of and team-mate Benoit Costil of a lack of leadership, and of 'scandalous, sometimes racist' behaviour.