Olivier Giroud: The deal is on! (Exactly as we predicted). (Or off, and we never said a word) « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News. Supporting the Lord Wenger; coach of the decade
By Billy “le chien” McGraw, our man on Le Continent.
Arsenal are reported by prime sources, people who know and indeed the Daily Mirror, to have agreed a fee of £13 million with Montpellier for France international striker Olivier Giroud.
Montpellier won the League (“in France” as the Mirror says, helpfully). Oh yes and some other website have said that there are “widespread reports” that “a fee” has been agreed (as opposed to a bunch of pineapples).
There have even been “suggestions” that Marouane Chamakh could move the other way as part of the deal.
He (Giroud) has played 77 times for Montpellier, and scored 33 goals.
If you would like to know exactly how Untold highlighted this transfer months before it happened (or in another universe if you would like to know how we dismissed the idea as mindless twaddle) here it is…
Olivier Giroud’s transfer could come down to how well his club cope with being top of the league.
And if it is all over the papers tomorrow morning, then you will know that you heard it here first.
Or not, as the case may be