The club have handled this badly and we're in situation now where we're having to give a rival a decent player who will help them bag some points this season. I can see Giroud doing well at Chelsea if he gets game time. Control has an idea of the type of player he wants so he'll play to his strengths.
Nothing against Bif if he left. In fact, we need him to leave in order to gain a player.
For me we should not be selling Giroud, I think having him and Aubemeyang in the squad should be the desired outcome if we are looking to improve because Giroud gives us something extra and despite his limitations has got a ton for us
This ridiculous situation has come about from trying to talk Dortmund into a lower fee and then caving
You either stick to your guns or you accept that’s the price you’re going to pay earlier. If we’d agreed a price a week ago we wouldn’t have this nonsense.
I would appreciate it if we had stuck to our guns on the price but to cave at such a late stage and maybe not getting our man anyway. Wow that’s really inept.
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Yup...he will do well. He's scored as many goals as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer off the bench who really was seen as a supersub. It irks how easily we allow this to happen. If you're going to strengthen a direct rival it really should only be for a kings ransom and when you have the upper hand on them already in the league.