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Giroud: I Won't Be A Better Player In A Different Number

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Football kits are expensive, especially when new ones are released on a yearly basis but Olivier Giroud is keeping costs down for supporters who have purchased the new shirt with his name on it.

Reading between the lines of comments made by the French striker on www.arsenal.com at the PUMA away kit launch in Singapore, Giroud was offered the chance to switch to the number 9 shirt vacated by Podolski who joined Galatasaray earlier this week. Our handsome forward has turned down the number switch citing fans had bought his 12 shirt as one of his reasons for sticking with the number he has had since joining 3 years ago.

"I'm not superstitious. I have the nine with the national team and it was available, but I don't want to change because people have bought my shirt with the 12. I know the No 9 is for the attack leader but I will not be a better player if I wear a different number."

Olivier Giroud

Nicklas Bendtner offered to pay for new shirts when he switched numbers a few years back and that could have been an option for Giroud but that offer was only open to people who had purchased their Bendtner shirt at The Armoury or ArsenalDirect. I'm sure there are many people who have purchased Giroud shirts elsewhere who are glad he chose his own route.

Here's to looking forward to the thousands of unoriginal comments about him not being a better player even if [insert reason]. Yawn.

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