He came to the club kind of low-key – but he will leave with a bang. And it will happen soon. European media write that Olivier Giroud is about to leave AC Milan as he is close to an agreement with LAFC.The contract with the Italian club expires at the end of the season for the best scorer in the history of the French national team and after it ends he could join Los Angeles without compensation. According to the Athletic, he has an agreement on a contract for a year and a half with the California club, until December 2025.Giroud arrived at San Siro from Chelsea in the summer of 2021 for less than three million euros and in a very short time left a deep mark in Milan. In his debut season, he pushed the Rossoneri to the long-awaited title with 11 goals, and he achieved double-digit performance in the next two as well. Moreover, even though he is 37 years old and does not look as powerful physically anymore, Giroud is on track to surpass the numbers of the previous two seasons. In 26 games, he has already scored 12 goals, one less than last year, and also recorded eight assists.##NAJAVA_MECA_7984850##However, in Milan in the previous months, they announced the reconstruction of the attacking line, which was obviously a clear sign for the temporary Frenchman to look for pastures new. CalcioMercato states that they planned to extend his contract at San Siro and pair him with Joshua Zirkzee, the first wish of the sports sector, and that such an epilogue could lead to changes in the strategic plan of the leaders of Milan. Giroud’s departure would create a need for two first-class strikers, CalcioMercato writes, but also adds that it will be difficult to fill them due to financial reasons.That could increase Luka Jović’s chances to stay at the club even after the end of the season. At the beginning of the calendar year, during the short-lived flash of the Serbian striker, the Italian media wrote that Milan is getting closer to the decision to renew cooperation with the former Real Madrid forward, however, there has been no news on that topic for some time, and CalcioMercato adds that the leaders of the Milan club have not yet made a decision about that, as well as that the 26-year-old Serbian would have to do more at the end of the season than what he has shown so far in order to ensure his stay in the City of Fashion.Here we go 🔜❗️Olivier Giroud has reached a verbal agreement to join LAFC on an 18-month contract, starting July 1st ✅ (via @FabrizioRomano) pic.twitter.com/4ppVXpEO3K— 433 (@433) March 27, 2024 As for Giroud, he will certainly close his chapter in Milan, for which he has made 121 appearances since his arrival, with a performance of 46 goals and 20 assists. In the City of Angels, his former teammate Hugo Lloris is waiting for him, and after Carlos Vela left the team, there is no doubt that Giroud will be the flashiest name in the squad.
