To say that it is a surprise is an understatement. Everyone thought – him the first – that this pige on the side of Los Angeles with his friend Hugo Lloris would be the last for Olivier Giroud. But at 38, the top scorer in the history of the Blues (57 goals in 137 selections) will finally re -stack in Ligue 1. After playing his last match with the LAFC on Sunday, he is expected in the middle of the week in Lille to sign his contract.
Two world champions in Ligue 1
This choice “checks a lot of boxes for me and my family,” said Giroud this Monday before flying to France. “I hope I can be useful to the team, a leader and someone who binds on the field and outside with young people,” he said. I am excited to play the Europa League. Lille is a big club in France, one of the best five. »»
After making goodbye to selection at the end of the Euro last year, the scorer had left AC Milan for California. But his sporting experience there was not at the level of his expectations, with only three goals in the regular season of MLS. “When I had the opportunity to return to France, I seized it,” said the former Arsenal player (2012-2018) and Chelsea (2018-2021), who said he was “very motivated by this new challenge”.
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For the 2018 world champion, there are many good reasons: “Being closer to my family, my friends, returning to a championship that I left thirteen years ago. The French public is happy that Paul Pogba and I returned to the French championship. If you asked me a few years ago, I would have replied that it was not the plan to come back. But you never know. »»
