Change of role: Yaya Sanogo nearly gave up on football (Picture: Getty)

Arsenal new boy Yaya Sanogo has revealed he nearly quit football to work in a post office before completing his surprise switch to the Gunners.

Sanogo is expected to formally complete his transfer to the Emirates in the next few days, having passed a medical in north London last month.

But his road to stardom has not been easy, with the 20-year-old suffering a string of injury problems including a fractured tibia that ruled him out for nine months in 2010.

Postie: Sanogo could have been dealing with letters for a living (Picture: Getty)

And according to the French hitman, the injury problems have got so bad he nearly quit his playing career recently – in order to go and work in his mum’s post office.




‘I told my mum that because of my injuries I wanted to quit,’ said Sanogo.

‘I told her that I was ready to give up and go and work in the post office.’

Gunners fans will be glad he didn’t, and will hoping he finds the onion bag – not the mail bag – in the coming seasons.

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