{"id":1091716,"date":"2019-06-02T12:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T11:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1091716"},"modified":"2019-06-01T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T20:41:28","slug":"giroud-chelsea-improvement-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/giroud-chelsea-improvement-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It was an improvement&#8221; \u2013 Giroud opens up on joining Chelsea from Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has admitted that joining the Blues from London rivals Arsenal represented an &#8220;improvement&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman scored against his former side in the 2019 Europa League final, helping Chelsea win 4-1 in Baku.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why did Giroud leave Arsenal? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Giroud spent six seasons with Arsenal between 2012 and 2018.<\/li>\n<li>The Frenchman then moved to London rivals Chelsea in January 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Since then, he has won the FA Cup and Europa League &#8211; in addition to the World Cup.<\/li>\n<li>Giroud has now revealed he left Arsenal to get better opportunities to win trophies.<\/li>\n<li>The striker won three trophies in six years with the Gunners, compared to two in 18 months at Stamford Bridge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7273460-five-things-we-think-will-happen-in-the-2019-champions-league-final-and-in-the-europa-league\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAOs_8Vz0-24A\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Giroud joined Chelsea from Arsenal in January 2018, a move which allowed the Gunners to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>In the 18 months since, Giroud has enjoyed considerable success, winning the FA Cup and Europa League with Chelsea and the World Cup with France.<\/p>\n<p>And the 32-year-old has risked the wrath of any Gunners fans who still had fond feelings for him, revealing he feels like a &#8220;proper&#8221; Chelsea man after another trophy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an improvement going from Arsenal to Chelsea and I knew I would have the opportunity to win some more trophies,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/2019\/05\/30\/olivier-giroud---i-am-the-happiest-man-in-the-world--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea&#8217;s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To win this Europa League one year after winning the World Cup is great for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m a Blue, a proper Blue. It\u2019s a new chapter of my career and it was very special to score. I am so proud of this team.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kylian Mbappe\u0301, Luka Jovic\u0301, Daniel James TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qmKEpdo0xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m 32, nearly 33, but I feel like there is more and more to come. I am still hungry and I am looking forward to next year: playing in the Champions League and fighting for more titles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Giroud initially joined Arsenal from Montpellier in 2012, and won three FA Cups in six years with the Gunners before leaving for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not being Chelsea&#8217;s first-choice striker, the Frenchman has contributed with important goals in his 63 games. Of Giroud&#8217;s 18 in total, 11 came in the 2018\/19 Europa League &#8211; more than any other player in the competition, proving key to Chelsea winning the trophy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1091618\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-replace-hazard-transfer-ban\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1091618\" class=\"wp-image-1091618 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/31172210\/chelsea-without-hazard-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1091618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-replace-hazard-transfer-ban\">How Chelsea can replace the giant void Eden Hazard will leave \u2013 with and without a transfer ban<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;Thank you Arsenal&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Giroud&#8217;s comments on leaving Arsenal for trophies are not the only way the Frenchman has risked angering his former fans.<\/p>\n<p>Following Chelsea&#8217;s win on Wednesday, a large number of the Blues&#8217; players were uploaded snippets of their post-match celebrations on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>In a live broadcast from midfielder Jorginho from the team coach, Giroud was videoed lifting the Europa League trophy, before shouting &#8220;Thank you Arsenal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Arsenal<\/a>\u2019 ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KC3tX1yYyR\">pic.twitter.com\/KC3tX1yYyR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Blues (@TheBlues___) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBlues___\/status\/1133888649626628096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has admitted that joining the Blues from London rivals Arsenal represented an &#8220;improvement&#8221;. 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