Giroud: Jamie Vardy wants to join Arsenal

At this point, I'd imagine Olivier Giroud hates summer. And probably January as well. It seems like every transfer window ends up with Arsenal being rumored to buy a striker, and the Frenchman has to react to it. It can't be very fun.

Anyway, it's happening again, and as usual Giroud is handling it like a professional. When asked about the potential of Jamie Vardy joining Arsenal after scoring two goals of his own for France in a friendly against Scotland, Giroud called it "good news."

I have been told that Jamie wants to join us and it's very good news for us. I think we can be complimentary and that's all I can say. He's a fantastic player, so it's good news for us.

In addition, he went on to say that a move like this was not a shock to him.

As I said in the past I am happy with competition. We have always had fantastic strikers at Arsenal and I want the best for this club. Hopefully he is going to help us win this title. The boss wanted to sign at least one or two strikers, so I expected a top striker and I think it will benefit the club and hopefully he is going to score a lot of goals like he did at Leicester.

Giroud is, of course, unwilling to give up his starting spot without a fight. When asked whether Vardy might bring a change in Arsenal's tactics, he joked "obviously four-four-two." Hey, it could happen.