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Giroud will come for £40m in January

In the Mirror, Neil Moxley boldly states that Ronald Koeman will return for Arsenal's Olivier Giroud with a £40m offer in January – and this time he will get his man.

Everton's boss is set to push through a £40million deal for the striker in the New Year after failing to land the forward he wanted to replace Romelu Lukaku.

Giroud was understood to be keen on a move to Merseyside as he had not been guaranteed regular first-team football at the Emirates.

It is understood that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger may have played a part in blocking any move because he doubted that Alexis Sanchez would remain. Those fears proved well-founded as Manchester City failed with a deadline-day offer of £70m for the Chilean international who had less than 12 months remaining on his contract with the Gunners.

That situation led to Koeman's long chase for the Arsenal forward falling through – and with so little time to switch to a Plan B, the decision was taken to shelve any movement.

However, With Arsenal's record signing Alexandre Lacazette barring his path to the first-team, Giroud needs to be playing to cement his place in France's World Cup team – and therfore, so Moxley claims, in January the long-mooted move is set to get the go-ahead.

Original Source: The Mirror  

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