Lille has made an strategy to signal French striker Olivier Giroud from LAFC, a supply confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle.
Giroud, 38, solely arrived at LAFC a yr in the past after his contract expired at AC Milan however he has struggled to make an impression in MLS.
Regardless of his pedigree as France’s all-time main scorer with 57 targets, Giroud has discovered the online simply thrice in 20 MLS appearances. He needed to wait till his sixteenth look earlier than opening his account.
Giroud is contracted to LAFC by way of the tip of the 2025 season, with an possibility for 2026.
Information of Lille’s strategy was first reported by L’Equipe.
A transfer to Lille would see him return to France’s Ligue 1 for the primary time since he joined Arsenal from Montpellier in 2012. Nonetheless, the $3.68 million assured wage Giroud earns as a delegated participant with LAFC could also be tough for Lille to match.
Lille are coming off a fifth-placed end in Ligue 1 that earned the membership a spot in subsequent season’s Europa League.
Giroud, who received the World Cup with France in 2018, has additionally represented Chelsea, the place he received the UEFA Champions League in 2021.
