Michael Olivier Giroud: A Late Developer

Olivier Giroud feels like he's had double the length of a career as many other strikers of his generation. I think if you're a scout and you're trying to find a young player, almost automatically you're looking for pace. It is so fun to see him still playing in these games. The things that he does, he's the best at timing his near post runs, good in the air, first time finishes,. very good with his back to goal. And just, yeah, he's such a specific type of player. You compare to Chelsea as a style. There was a period where they tried playing sort of the purely triplane, Liao was a number nine