Olivier Giroud: New Arsenal Contract a Deserved One?

In the shadow of Arsene Wenger’s 18 year anniversary and a 4-1 thwomping (I don’t think that’s a word) over Galatasaray, one piece of Arsenal team news may have slipped under the radar a bit.

Olivier Giroud, our perfectly-haired forward, was handed a two year extention, ensuring his future at the club until 2018. Despite being injured until 2015 and the recent arrival of Danny Welbeck, I’m a huge fan of this move, and here’s why.

Giroud has so much more to give Arsenal, so many more goals to score and so many more people to impress with his unyielding hair

First of all, Giroud is an Arsenal man. Wenger has absolute faith in him and just like the Prof himself, Giroud takes a hefty amount of criticism, which endears him to the fans more than you’d expect. Giroud put up 16 Premier League goals last year, an impressive number that gets ignored because Giroud is “too slow” “too cumbersome” or “too French.”

But Giroud is a presence in the box. He is a master header and he has a fairly nice finesse shot to boot.

One of the main problems with Giroud was that we had no other options. When he went down, we found that out for sure, but Wenger solved the crisis with the signing of “Animal” Welbeck, as he is now being called. Having options is never a bad thing, especially when the two options are fairly different.

I, for one, cannot wait for Giroud to come back. Having him and Welbeck is incredibly exciting and I wouldn’t mind seeing Wenger give a two-striker front a try, just because our dominance in the opposing teams box would be masterful.