Milan is on the verge of the first big signing this summer, since they agreed on the transfer of the French striker. It remains for Olivier Giroud to finish up on his medicals and to put pen to paper.For the last few transfer periods, Giroud has been a target of Italian clubs. He was one step away from a transfer to Inter, then to Lazio, Juventus was also looking for him – however he will play for the red-and-black club from Milan.The Rossoneri desperately needed a striker of his caliber, but they did not have the money to enter the race for a more expensive goal scorer. They opted for an experienced Frenchman who lost minutes and status at Chelsea.Official: Sergio Ramos is the new Paris Saint-Germain number fourGiroud wanted to leave Stamford Bridge this summer, and even during the winter transfer window before, but the London club did not allow him to go. Lampard and Tuchel kept him as a super-sub and gave him a pretty small amount of minutes on the pitch. When he played, he played very well and scored a goal every 109 minutes, but his status did not change.Chelsea activated the clause on an additional year of contract this summer and extended the cooperation with Giroud until the summer of 2022, but only in order to earn at least something and not lose him for free. Eventually, they will earn some ‘pocket change’. The Blues agreed to Rossoneri’s offer of 1.2 million USD (130 million KSH) fixed plus an additional 1.2 million USD through bonuses. The activation of the bonus will be related to the results of the Rossoneri in the Champions League or to the number of matches played by Giroud.Arsenal close to signing an Algerian-rooted French talent… Again… Really?Giroud will eventually earn more than Chelsea. Although he is 34 years old, he will sign a two-year contract worth 4.1 million USD per season plus bonuses.Giroud will not have the first center forward role in Milan (next to Zlatan Ibrahimovic) but he will certainly have more minutes on the pitch. The experienced Swede missed a good portion of the games last season due to injuries and fatigue, and Milan did not have an adequate replacement. Now, the Rossoneri intend to solve the issues in the attack with two veterans.A remider – Milan bought off Sandro Tonali from Brescia today, and they also agreed on a new contract with right back Davide Calabria, since the Italian’s salary was doubled from 1.5 million to 3 million USD per season.The next signing of Milan could be the Spanish quick-footed side-attacker Isco, for whom Real Madrid has already been offered 17.7 million USD.
