Olivier Giroud

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Gianluca di Marzio reports this evening that Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Olivier Giroud and are offering him a 1.5 year contract

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Tottenham Hotspur in talks with Olivier Giroud

Gianluca di Marzio reports this evening that Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Olivier Giroud and are offering him a 1.5 year contract to sign him in the final hours of the current window.

It is understood that manager José Mourinho wants him now. Inter Milan are no longer convinced that signing a striker this month is a good idea and have thus asked Giroud to wait to move to them until June.

This from Giroud’s perspective is somewhat out of the question, as he needs playing time in the next 6 months to get himself a place at EURO 2020.

It must also be noted that Chelsea are not currently behind the idea of selling Giroud to Spurs.

 

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[Johno1470]

Not a chance. Next.

 

[daryl hannah]

close thread

 

[JayB]

Can’t possibly see Chelsea providing us a solution to our striker problem when we’re six points back of them for fourth place. Doesn’t make any sense at all.

 

[synththfc]

I'm very much afraid that this is happening. Fuck him.

 

[Stoof]

To be fair, the last player to play for us, Chelsea and Arsenal was Billy Gallas - and he was alright in my book.

 

[freeeki]

Surely this is just our way of trying to force AC’s hand

 

[sausage]

I quite like Giroud as a striker.

Can't see Chelsea selling, but I would like the idea of him as a player. Seems to score a good variety of goals.

 

[the yid]

Uh oh

 

[Bobby TwoShots]

He'd get us goals. And really piss off the gooners. Can't see Chelsea doing it though

 

[wrd]

Be tough after all those years of telling Arsenal and Chelsea fans hes an overrated ****

 

[CantSmileWithoutYou]

To be fair, the last player to play for us, Chelsea and Arsenal was Billy Gallas - and he was alright in my book.

And if only for that game at the Emptycrates. Captain marvel that day (not the Bree Larson one obviously... )

 

[fletch82]

If he can play up front hold the ball up and score/assist goals I couldn't care less if it was arsene feckin Wenger at this point

 

[SpartanSpur]

IMO it would actually be a very good deal, but he'd need a hell of an agent to convince Chelsea to sell to us.

Prem proven, unbelievable experience, scored in the UEFA cup final last year. Threat in the box but also ticks the Mourinho target man profile. Plays a pretty unselfish target man role for France when picked.

 

[stonebrow]

Did an ITK not recently say there were a few players we were targeting that would split opinions?

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Pros: knows the league, proven in this league, fits the target man profile, would massively piss off our biggest rivals. Just better than 1 in 3 PL strike rate overall, just better than 2 in 5 pre Chelsea. Is a winner too, starting both Frances World Cup final win and Chelsea’s Europa league final win last season (during which he scored and assisted). Current France international.

Cons: played for two rivals, barely scored in 2 years since joining Chelsea, barely played this season, 34 in September.

Overall I think he’s a half decent stop gap, covering Kane till he’s back and buying us 18 months to develop Parrott. He’s a player I’ve always liked, but he’s definitely on the decline. Issue is, like Llorente, he probably wouldn’t be trusted to rotate with Kane often enough for him to pick up any kind of form, and that isn’t conducive to reliable cover. Makes sense for this season basically but not so much next.

 

[CantSmileWithoutYou]

I actually quite like Giroud. Always thought the Scum supporters gave him a hard time for no reason. He's great in the air too and without Eriksen's corners, they'll be a lot more dangerous crosss coming in...

Short term. I wouldn't say no until the end of the season.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

Given we’ve moved from Llorente to Ze Luis to Willian Jose to Olivier Giroud (forgetting Piatek as he doesn’t fit my story) it’s clear we’re just looking for a lanky **** who can bash defenders up.

Someone put in a call to former World Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev and see if that giant **** fancies playing up front for Spurs for 6 months.