Marseille fullback Patrice Evra admits he spoke to Olivier Giroud about leaving Arsenal over the summer.
Evra worked on his former France teammate about joining him at OM for this season.
He recalled to La Provence: "Olive was contacted, it was his choice. You cannot force people to come to OM.
"I cannot be disappointed, I do the best job in the world. A player must not be concerned about the mercato, he must be irreproachable on the ground. The rest belongs to the management. When I see a player say 'we are going to take a so-called', I tell him to stop."