It is being reported that Arsenal and Montpellier have finally agreed on a fee for French international Olivier Giroud.
The Gunners had been interested in signing the striker for a couple of months now, with reports claiming the team had actually been watching his progress for nearly four years.
However, it seems like the North London club aren’t beating around the bush anymore and have actually gone on to finalize all the transfer details for the transfer to take place.
The teams have reportedly agreed on a fee which could be around the region of thirteen million pounds, however, it will be a wait before the actual figures are disclosed.
The striker is set to confirm him move to the Emirates, following the end of Frances run at the Euro 2012.
Should the team go on and make it to the latter stages of the contest, the striker could be given special permission to fly to London and put pen to paper on the deal.
Giroud had previously admitted that he would be interested in making a move to the Emirates and with the Ligue 1 club’s manager also revealing that the move was bound to go through, it is no surprise to see the club wrap things up this early.
The striker had previously been making around fifteen thousand pounds a week, while he played at the French club, but he is now set to receive a fee of around fifty thousand a week at the Emirates.
The French international is the second striker that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukas-Podolski-c22896 being the first.
It seems like the club isn’t going to be taking any chances with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 and his future at the club and for this very reason, they have gone on to try and bring in reinforcements before it’s too late.
Nonetheless, with the team showing all this ambition in the transfer window and with them building for the future, it seems like the Dutch international could go on and put pen to paper on a contract extension at the club.
It is now a wait to see just what is going to happen at the Emirates.
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