Former Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka has called for Arsene Wenger to show similar faith in Olivier Giroud to what he experienced when arriving in 1997, The Evening Standard reports. Anelka arrived as an unknown teenager and after leading us to the double in his first season, the world took notice and he was sold to Real Madrid in 1999 for £23.5million – a huge price-tag in that era. And the Frenchman now believes that Giroud is in need of some attention from the boss, with our striker experiencing a difficult few weeks for club and country. Arsenal transfer news 'Arsene did the same with me – when Ian Wright was there, he didn’t buy anyone and I had to do the job up front,'...
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