Rennes ace M’Bia: Arsenal tried to sign me

He told Sky Sports: “Listen, I am a Rennes player, the market will open in January and I will concentrate on doing a good job for Rennes [until] then.”

“Everyone knows there are clubs that are after me, that is not new. Arsenal made contact in the last hours of the market, but the club did not want to let me go.”

The Cameroon international has also been linked with Everton, Newcastle, Arsenal and Celtic in recent weeks.