Arsenal hijacked Lille transfer after convincing player to sneak away overnight

When Arsenal take on Lille this week in the Champions League , attention may turn to players like Gabriel or Nicolas Pepe who have turned out for both clubs. However, there's also the curious case of Park Chu-young, who had to choose between the two when he left Monaco in 2011. On a personal level, the 2010/11 season was Park's best in Europe. He had scored 12 Ligue 1 goals but that wasn't enough to stop the team from the principality from suffering relegation.
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