As usual, Olivier Giroud was able to get out of a complicated situation to become essential. Barred by competition at the start of the season with Chelsea, the Frenchman was able to gain the confidence of his coach, Frank Lampard, to finish very strong, with six goals scored in the Premier League since the post-confinement recovery. He will still have to fight for his place next season with the recruitment of Timo Werner, a competitor in attack with a profile however different from his.
“It was inevitable that the club would recruit a striker”
“I’ll be clear, this arrival is an additional motivation and it was inevitable that the club recruit a striker, explains Giroud in The team. Chelsea are a great club, spending money to strengthen the team, and I expected someone to come. With Ziyech and Werner, Chelsea will try to be more competitive. ”
“Good! Afterwards, if you had told me that it was a player of my profile who was coming, I would have been worried. It is not. After, as the teams play in a grouped way against us, it’s not bad to have a big, a fulcrum that can make the link. But I’m not naive: Werner didn’t arrive to sit on the bench. But I’ll do everything to that Lampard finds himself in a complex situation when it comes to making his choice. “
The French international still has a year of contract with the Blues. Before next season, he still has goals with the FA Cup final on Saturday against Arsenal (6.30 p.m.) and the knockout round of the Champions League against Bayern (3-0 defeat at home), the August 8.
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