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Arsenal are reported to have agreed a fee of £13million with Montpellier for France international striker Olivier Giroud.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has been sniffing around the player who fired Montpellier to the League title in France last season – but now widespread reports are claiming a fee has been agreed.

Wenger has already brought Germany star Lukas Podolski to the club this summer and Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has promised further signings.

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There have been suggestions that Marouane Chamakh could move the other way as part of the deal.

Both Chelsea and QPR were thought to be in the hunt for Giroud, but Arsenal's reported bid has put them in pole position, because it activates a £12.8million release clause in the player's contract.