Olivier Giroud has admitted that France boss Didier Deschamps advised him to leave Arsenal and move to a different club. The 31-year-old joined Chelsea on the closing day of the January window, the same day that the Gunners sealed the club-record signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Giroud found himself on the fringes of the Arsenal squad this term and, with the World Cup coming up in the summer, the forward revealed the advice given to him by his national team coach. "I spoke with Didier Deschamps. He did not tell me to join Chelsea but just to change clubs," Giroud told French outlet Telefoot. "Dortmund was interested, but for a loan, there was Seville too and at one...
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