Arsenal's supersub Olivier Giroud has been told by the France coach Didier Deschamps that he will need to
play regular first team football if he wants to be chosen for the international squad at the World Cup in Russia this summer, and Giroud himself has admitted that he is desperate to go to what could be his large major tournament of his career.
Olivier Groud has been told by the France boss Didier Deschamps that he should leave Arsenal and
play regular first team football elsewhere if he wants to remain as first choice striker for his country at the World Cup, and the Frenchman has been strongly linked with a move away from the club this January.
Perhaps a few more years is unlikely but LK6 does still have a contract that could keep him at the club until 2020, but with young upcoming defenders growing into his role it is unlikely that he would be
playing regular first team football until the end.
Nigerian international Mikel is no longer quite up to the requisite standard of Chelsea and could probably do with ending his
career playing regular first team football and a club slightly lower down the food chain.
He is keen to keep his place in the France national team as well, with competition from younger strikers like Lacazette and Mbappe but to do that he must be
playing regular first team football with his parent club.
Sakho has recognised that he needs to be
playing regular first team football if he is to be considered for the national team's final 23 - man squad in Brazil next summer and he has hinted that his future may lie away from Paris.
The Three Lions coach has made it clear that Jack will only be considered for selection if he is
playing regular first team football, and not only that but he must be playing as a defensive midfielder — which Southgate considers to be his best position.
However, after a conversation with Brazilian national team boss Dunga, who informed him that he needed to be
playing regular first team football to have a shot of taking the number one spot for his country, he decided against a move to Turin for fear of being understudy to Gianluigi Buffon.
The Nigerian youngster Henry Onyekuru has been very closely linked with a move to Arsenal for the last few weeks, but his latest comments make it clear that his agent is talking to many clubs all over Europe but he is demanding that he will be guaranteed to be
playing regular first team football, something that Arsene Wenger would certainly not agree to given the choice of «world class» strikers that we already have at the Emirates.
He wanted to
play regular first team football, learn the game and become the best he can be — something Chelsea were reluctant to allow.
The 25 - year - old recognises that this is an important stage in his career and needs to
play regular first team football.
However, in the presence of senior stars, it is highly unlikely that Ojo and Ejaria will
play regular first team football.