I was going to join Man City but they wouldn't give me a flat so I chose Arsenal instead

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A former Arsenal youngster once rejected Manchester City because they didn't provide a flat for him and his sister.

Ismael Bennacer joined the north London club in 2015, having starred in the youth ranks at his boyhood club, Arles, in France. City, who visit the Gunners on Sunday, showed their hand first, but despite his initial excitement at being courted by the club, he rejected a move to Manchester.

Speaking to Instant Foot in 2024, the AC Milan midfielder, currently on loan at Dinamo Zagreb, revealed: "[City] called me and told me, 'We want you to be with the reserves,' and everything.

"It's City, man. I was ready. They told me, 'Come see the facilities,' so I did. I got there, I don't know, I wasn't feeling it."

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