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title: "Olivier Giroud: Chelsea are the perfect club for me"
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author: "Tom Mason"
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published: "2018-02-14T12:04:42Z"
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# Olivier Giroud: Chelsea are the perfect club for me

After Olivier Giroud’s move from Arsenal to Stamford Bridge, the striker has revealed that he had to join “perfect” Chelsea, according to the [Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-the-perfect-club-me-12020582).

Giroud fell well down the pecking order at the North London club and needed a new challenge, something which he has been given to in thanks to a move to the Premier League champions.

The Frenchman had started just one Premier League game for the Gunners prior to his move and Arsenal had brought in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to leadfrog ahead of him in the pecking order.

![Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/917520022.jpg)

The 31-year-old performed well on his full debut against West Brom, providing an assist for Eden Hazard as Chelsea returned to winning ways with a stylish 3-0 victory at Stamford Bridge.

Giroud also joins a club who are still in the Champions League, unlike his former club Arsenal, who are currently in the Europa League which might have had a part to play in the move.

Giroud spoke about the need to find regular gametime in a recent interview.

> It’s been a while since I played regularly and that’s why I needed to move. I needed a new challenge and Chelsea was the perfect club for me. It’s the Premier League, a club which has won more titles in the past ten years than any other. It’s a massive club and I am very proud to be here and to carry on my career in the Premier League.

He continued and went onto add.

> I had five amazing years there, but now it’s a new chapter of my career and I am focused 100 per cent on the Blues to reach our targets. I’m very happy to be here.