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Giroud: Welbeck a necessary signing for Arsenal

Olivier Giroud has welcomed Danny Welbeck to Arsenal.

The Frenchman doesn't feel threatened by Welbeck's presence this season.

Giroud told Sport: "We have a really good squad, but it was necessary to buy Danny [Welbeck] because we needed another centre forward.

"He's a really good player and he's a good man as well, so I think it will be good competition between us.

"It will help us to grow and improve ourselves. It's always good to have many arrows to our… [looks confused]. It's an English expression? Ah yes, strings, not arrows. It is good to have many strings to our bow."

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