Olivier Giroud moving to Napoli is 'not true' - agent

It has been suggested that the Gunners made an offer of €60m plus the French striker in order to secure Gonzalo Higuain from the Partenopei, but the Arsenal striker's agent has denied the claims.

“Everything I’ve read about Giroud is not true,” Michael Manuello told Tuttomercatoweb. “Personally, all I’ve said is that if Arsenal want to sell him then we’ll see. But at the moment he’s an Arsenal player, and we haven’t for a moment considered another project. I want to stress that.

“I don’t know where this story has come from, we never talked to Napoli and there’s no other person above me who could do that. We need to clarify that.

“Arsenal want another striker? Well yes, you always need two strikers. Unfortunately [Danny] Welbeck is out for two months. It’s quite normal, if you play for a great team it’s natural you’ll face strong competition.”

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