Olivier Giroudtop scorer in the history of the french team (57 goals), will leave his current club at the end of this season, AC Milanfor him LAFC of the MLSFabrizio Romano and French sports media reported this Tuesday.
According to media such as L’Équipe, the 2018 world champion will have a contract until December 2025 with LAFC, once his contract with the Rossoneri ends in June 2024.
In the Los Angeles club he would coincide with another French soccer legend, the goalkeeper Hugo Lloristhe captain who lifted the 2018 World Cup.
Fabrizio Romano assures that the contract is signed
The journalist specializing in football transfers from around the world Fabrizio Romano, had already anticipated a month ago that there was a verbal agreement between the player and the club American, but This Tuesday he assured that the contract had already been signedalthough it did not disclose more details than the validity that the French media spoke about.
However, he emphasized that the signing can now be considered a fact and that the team will make the news official very soon.
Who is Olivier Giroud?
At 37 years old, the French striker, who has been capped 131 times for his national team, is in his third season with the Milan team, where he has played 121 games and scored 46 goals, after a solid career in the Premier League, where he spent six seasons with Arsenal and four with Chelsea, with the latter he won the UEFA Champions League in 2021.
Before, he was in the French league, playing in Montpellier (with which he became champion in 2012), Tours, Istres and Grenoble.
With the France team he won the 2018 World Cup and, as already mentioned, he is the team’s all-time top scorer with 57 goals.
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