The Major League Soccer of the United States will have a new figure in its ranks and it is nothing more and nothing less than another world champion, the Frenchman Olivier Giroud would be arriving in the United States to reinforce the MLS for the 2025 season.
The experienced 37-year-old French forward would be leaving his last European club, AC Milan from Serie A. The Italian journalist and expert in the transfer market, Fabrizio Romano, commented on the news in advance and finally confirmed it through his social networks:
“LAFC has reached a verbal agreement to sign Olivier Giroud with a contract valid until December 2025! After interest was revealed in October and a formal offer earlier this week, an initial agreement is now in place. Nothing has been signed yet, but it is close to being finished,” said the European.
Giroud would meet with former teammates
Didier Deschamps had also shed some light on this possible transfer of the French forward at a recent press conference: “Is it done? No. Is it a possibility? Yes. A wish? Yes”, were the words of the coach of the France team. The French striker, world champion in Russia 2018, will be joining the ranks of Los Angeles FC and will share a team with his compatriot and former teammate who also won the world title, goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, as well as the new jewel of the Los Angeles team , the Venezuelan David Martínez who is a World Cup player in the Under 17 category.
The Los Angeles FC squad is made up of players of the caliber of Colombian defender Jesús Murillo, the Mexican full-back Omar Campos and also the Uruguayan winger Cristian Olivera. Giraud’s arrival in Major League Soccer shows that the American tournament continues to add great figures up front, which include names such as the undisputed leading players of Inter Miami, the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Uruguayan ‘El Pistolero’ Luis Suárez, as well as Also Lorenzo Insigne, among others.
Giraud was recently called up to the France national team in the most recent FIFA double date and has accumulated a total of 12 goals so far this Serie A season with AC Milan, only surpassed in the scoring table by the Argentine from Inter Milan, Lautaro Martínez and Dusan Vlahovic from Juventus Turin.
The MLS franchise added more intrigue to this whole situation regarding the rumors of the arrival of the French striker this past Wednesday with a publication on his social networks in which a gift box can be shown, with an image of an international courier from LAFC (the team’s initials) and a cap with the club’s insignia. “Bonne nuit,” was written on the post, which means “Good night” in French. Everything indicates that Giroud’s arrival is imminent and the only thing missing is the official announcement by the team and the player.
An exemplary career
Oliviar Giroud debuted in 2005, at Grenoble Foot 38 in the second division of France.. After having participated for two seasons, where he played between 2007 and 2008 in the Istres of the third and in the FC Tours of the second. Later, from 2008 to 2010 he was able to make the leap to the first division where he defended the colors of Montpellier. In 2012, he had a great rise in his career by reaching the Premier League where he played his first season at Arsenal, while in 2017 he was transferred to Chelsea. After four seasons, in 2021, he joined the ranks of Milan, where he currently lives.
In total, the forward played a total of 707 games and scored 283 goals at club level.. While, with the ‘Gauls’ shirt of the French national team, he played 129 games and has been able to score 56 goals. With the French national team he celebrated the world title in Russia 2018 and was also part of the runner-up in Qatar 2022, finally won by the Argentine team.
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