Giroud — unless he was willing to be the super-sub without throwing himself on his sword in the press every ten
minutes, as he simply represents all that has been wrong with this club since the
sale of RVP... his presence on the
pitch makes it impossible for us to make the necessary changes to our offensive scheme... just think about what teams were interested in him, besides the bullshit about Dortmund... it was West Ham, Everton and Marseille, none
of which have the history, supposed aspirations or financial resources to create a one - touch forward - thinking offensive scheme