Olivier Giroud pinpointed a return to Champions League football as a key factor in his decision to join Chelsea from Arsenal on the final day of the January transfer window.Giroud was a helpless spectator as Chelsea crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Wednesday to harm their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. However, they remain eight points better off than Arsenal in the battle to finish in the top four and also host Barcelona in the first leg of a blockbuster Champions League last 16 ties on February 20. “The Champions League is massive for a football player. There is nothing above it when you’re playing for a club,” said the French international, who made six of his 10 starts for Arsenal this season in the Europa League. “There will be two nice games against Barcelona. We know their qualities and I think everybody will need to be 100 per cent to go through.”
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