Double deal: Giroud (left) is set to join Arsenal while
Van Persie (right) will be offered a new contract
Arsenal will step up efforts to nail Robin van
Persie to a new contract despite the imminent £12.8million signing
of Olivier Giroud from Montpellier - a deal Sportsmail exclusively revealed on
June 12.
The France forward, 25, is expected to sign a four-year
contract worth £45,000 a week and is viewed as a replacement for
out-of-favour Marouane Chamakh, who is likely to be sold, rather
than Van Persie.
Van Persie’s representatives have held two rounds of talks
with Arsenal, when the 28-year-old said he was not ready to sign
new terms.