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Marseille eyeing Arsenal pair Koscielny, Giroud

French club Olympique Marseille are plotting ambitious summer pursuits of two Arsenal players.

According to L'Equipe, via Get French Football News, OM are considering Gunners striker Olivier Giroud and defender Laurent Koscielny.

Marseille continue to be linked with a move for a quality attacker at season's end and it is understood that the prospect of having France international Giroud at the Stade Velodrome is being 'studied'.

Also on the radar of Les Phoceens is Arsenal and Les Bleus centre-back Koscielny with reports indicating that a return to Ligue 1 is not 'impossible'.

Both Giroud and Koscielny previously played together for Ligue 1 club Tours before reuniting in North London.

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