As we announced, Olivier Giroud will be an AC Milan player next season.
According to our information, the striker of the France team (soon 35 years old) will officially commit for two years this Friday.
Chelsea and AC Milan had reached an agreement for compensation of two million euros corresponding to the last year of the contract of the world champion 2018.
Replacing at Chelsea since the arrival of former PSG coach Thomas Tuchel in January, Giroud will therefore discover a second European championship after leaving Ligue 1 and Montpellier for England (at Arsenal from 2012 to January 2018, then in Chelsea).
With the Blues, he's won a Europa League, an FA Cup, and the Champions League this season, scoring 39 goals in 119 games over the past three and a half years.
With Arsenal, he had scored 105 goals in 253 appearances.
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After a frustrating Euro 2021, where he found himself at the heart of a controversy with Kylian Mbappé, then was relegated to the sidelines during the tournament due to the return of Karim Benzema, the top scorer in activity for the Blues ( 46 goals) will be able to give a new boost to his career.
AC Milan will return to the Champions League in 2021-2022.
Giroud had already almost joined Serie A in January 2020, at Inter Milan and then at Lazio in Rome.
Frank Lampard, then Chelsea coach, had vetoed.
“The more we manage to recruit top players, the better.
Giroud has a lot of experience and we don't have a lot of players who have won trophies.
If he comes, he is welcome, ”said Zlatan Ibrahimovic on June 4.