Olivier Giroud’s name came up a number of times at Arsene Wenger’s pre-match press conference after the France striker salvaged a point for us at Southampton. Giroud has now scored 17 goals in games he’s not started but the manager sees him as much more than an impact substitute: on Olivier Giroud’s record from the bench… He is not a sub for me, he is a regular player, but I have plenty of good strikers and you cannot play all of them together. on whether Giroud speaks to him about the situation… I speak to all of my players, but it’s very difficult to speak about what we talk about openly. [Reporter asks Wenger to reveal those conversations] Yes, you would love that! You...
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