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Olivier Giroud

Doc

Everyone reporting this is a done deal, as long as he is not RvP replacement then its not a bad plan B to have.. wouldn't pay more than 10 mil for him though...

y va marquer

As long as we sign M'vila and keep Robin having Giroud on board as well will be good news.

lorddulaarsenal

I'm all for this signing. Looks very good from what Ive seen

Mirth

Any move that gets rid of Chamakh is alright by me.

Timbob

Cant believe Chamakh, Park, Vela and Bendtner are still on our books.

lorddulaarsenal

How many mins of YouTube footage of giroud you seen timbo? I've seen 2.34

Clrnc

This might be replacement for RVP dont ya think

Timbob

None Dules, but he's decent on Footy Manager, so I say get him in.

y va marquer

For what it's worth, a stats comparison between Chamakh and Giroud over two seasons in Ligue 1.

Mirth

Chamakh only averaged over a shot per game even when he was at the peak of his powers? Damn.

kamikaze

and half those goals were probably with his head. guy hates to shoot, cos he knows he's bad at it.

spacemanspiff

Giroud really 'exploded' this past year as well. I think he got 20 goals and 8 assists (or something like that). He's an excellent target man who can hold up play really well, and has pretty decent technique. Not just a big lump who will head it in the net.

asajoseph

Whether or not we manage to ditch Chamakh as part of this will pretty much determine how I feel about it overall. Wages could prevent it happening, but otherwise it we get rid of Chamakh it'll seem less like Giroud's a Van Persie replacement.

JazzG

Got a feeling the only way we can pull this off is if Chamakh goes the other way. Preferably can get some money for him rather than a loan deal to get him off our books.

asajoseph

I'd rather see us pay £10m + Chamakh than just £10m.

Burnwinter

Chamakh's supposedly on £60k/w and has two years left on his contract—works out to about -£6m value to us, assuming he's worth zero (or less than zero) on the pitch, which seems perfectly fair.

We need to pretend he's worth something to any club that might potentially be interested, but a loan out at £30-40k/w off his Arsenal wage would be an ok deal, get him out of the 25 and cut his overheads down by 50%.

Timbob

...from Arsenal, who are set to win the race for Giroud, with only a fee left to be agreed, according to his club coach Girard.

'Arsenal are very interested and Giroud wants to play in England. If Arsene Wenger agrees with the president, he will sign for them,' Girard told French radio station RMC.

'We would like Chamakh on loan, as part of the Giroud deal, but I don't know if it is possible.'

🙂

Rex

"with only a fee left to be agreed". Not happening then. 🙂

Don Pacifico

Well, one way or another, it means VP is off.

lorddulaarsenal

I'd be happy enough with bringing in giroud and selling rvp provided we use the cash upside to get an attacking mid. Dzagoev!

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