Oliver Giroud has come under fire from Arsenal fans and pundits alike in his four years as
the Gunners main striker, but especially this campaign just ended as we failed to catch Leicester in the title race.
With Theo Walcott suffering one of his usual injuries, Giroud is now back as
the Gunners main striker, and he said about his time on the sidelines: «After the fact, you could say that it was beneficial,» Giroud told Le Parisien.
Not exact matches
I think what we should be agitating for, is to plead with the Boss to please play those 3 in rotation as the
Gunners's 3
main strikers next season.
So Campbell become the third
striker released by the
Gunners this month and I think one of the
main reasons for that is to give another young Gunner, Chuba Akpom, a chance to show what he can do with the first team.
The young Brazilian winger, who can also play just behind the
main striker, has not yet played a competitive game for the
Gunners» first - team since joining from Fluminense all the way back in 2011 as an exciting prospect for the future.
It has now been revealed, by Giroud himself, that he was very hurt after the Chelsea game, when the Arsenal legend and all - time top scorer Thierry Henry commented that the
Gunners could not win the Premier League title with Giroud as their
main striker, and he obviously took it to heart.
The good news for the
Gunners is that Alan Pardew has lost his
main striker Salmon Rondon to a hamstring injury and Nacer Chadli is expected to be out until March.
He has spent the whole summer reading about how Arsenal were trying desperately to sign his countryman Karim Benzema, and how much Theo Walcott wants to replace him as the
main striker for the
Gunners.
Arsenal have managed to get to the top of the League table at the halfway point in the campaign and it seems that Thierry Henry has finally become convinced that the
Gunners really can win the title with Olivier Giroud as their
main striker, after famously stating during the summer that it was impossible.
They also have three of their
main strikers on the treatment table so you would expect the
Gunners to roll them over at the Emirates today, even if we do have a few of our own team missing.
The Dutchman made it clear that the Argentinean will be his
main striker this season but the
Gunners are ready to make a new offer in order to secure his services.