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1st March 2018
11:29pm GMT

Keown claims that the decision to sell Olivier Giroud to Chelsea in January had dire consequences on his relationship with his players.
"Like every great leader, you find the right time to leave the club. That moment has gone since, long ago. Now he’s trying to get a performance from players who are looking over their shoulder at who’s coming in next," Keown said on BBC5Live.
"Who can Arsene turn to in that changing room now? But he’s put himself in that position, there’s no players for him after getting rid of people like Giroud."Giroud moved to Stamford Bridge at the beginning of the year in a deal which saw Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi switch to Borussia Dortmund, clearing the way for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to move to Arsenal. While Giroud might not possess the superstar status of an Aubameyang or a Mesut Ozil, he was a reliable centre-forward who had been utterly professional under Wenger. Giroud's departure not only signaled the loss of an ally of Wenger's but, according to Keown, threw the dynamic of the Emirates dressing room into disarray as nobody can be fully confident of their long-term future anymore.
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