A final challenge for the road, between sporting interest and choice of the heart. Olivier Giroud, at the end of his contract with AC Milan, has agreed with Los Angeles FC, where he will join his great friend Hugo Lloris, AFP confirmed this Tuesday. The top scorer in the history of the France team has signed a contract for one and a half years, starting August 1.
After three seasons in Milan, where he was Italian champion (2022), Giroud will experience his eighth club. Trained in Grenoble, passed through Istres and Tours before exploding in Montpellier, he then played nine seasons in England, at Arsenal (2012-2018) and Chelsea (2018-2021), with whom he won the 2021 Champions League .
Author of 57 goals in 131 caps with the Blues, Olivier Giroud will reunite in California with his neighbor in London, Hugo Lloris, who made his MLS debut this winter. He no doubt hopes that he will be able to tell him from the inside about the title of European champion recently won with the French team to conclude his European career in style…