With several reports suggesting Bacary Sagna's potential exit in the near future, the Arsenal full-back professed his love for the club, saying Arsenal are like family.
Sagna was one of the outspoken members of the Arsenal team, criticizing the club's decisions to sell the likes of Robin Van Persie and Alex Song in the summer, with several reports linking him to a move away from North London.
However, Sagna has expressed his happiness at Arsenal, saying he feels at home at the Emirates. ""It has been magic," he told the club's official website. "I've enjoyed a lot playing for Arsenal and I still love it.
"Every time I go to the pitch, I just give 100 percent for the team.
"(The club) is like my family. My personal family is in France but I feel at home here, I feel happy to come training and I feel relaxed. There are not many big clubs where you feel that confident."
Progress is one of the keywords of players at Arsenal, with the majority of them, under the expert tutelage of Arsene Wenger, turning themselves into world-class footballers. And Sagna is no exception, saying he has become a better player since his move to the Gunners, even if the team might not have been too successful during his time so far.
"I think I have progressed a lot -- that was my target, to come to such a big club and improve," he added. "I am very calm compared to when I came, I used to be a bit stressed before games but now I am totally relaxed because of my teammates and the manager."
It's never easy for a player to leave the familiar surroundings and go on a sojourn to a different club and country with a different language, and Sagna admitted he felt the same apprehensions, but is happy with how things have worked out.
"I was a bit nervous because my English was (very basic), I was leaving my family and friends and it was a new life for me," he said. "The first day was long. I had a lot of tests and I just had to wait for the FA to approve my contract. For one week I was scared something would happen.
"They finally (approved it) and I first started here at Emirates Stadium against Fulham. We won the game in the last 10 minutes, so it was just magic."
