This is a hot topic this summer. At 38, Olivier Giroud still doesn't know what his future holds. As we reported on Tuesday , Los Angeles FC executives and the experienced French striker will meet soon to discuss the player's future, whose contract expires in 2025. The club has an option to extend this lease for another year.
However, this meeting could mark the end of the Californian adventure of the former Arsenal man, who has struggled in LA since his arrival. In 2025, he scored only 3 goals in 18 matches including this Club World Cup during which he remained silent, while in 2024, he posted a record of 2 goals and 1 assist in 19 appearances in all competitions. Rather meager for a designated player in Major League Soccer , especially since his franchise intends to afford Thomas Müller, who could therefore come and take his place as a player to whom a bigger salary can be offered.
A major reinforcement for Lille?
And the rest of his career, which is logically coming to an end, could well be written in France. According to our information, and as revealed by Le Petit Lillois this Wednesday, LOSC is interested in the 2018 world champion. The northern club wants to strengthen its attacking sector, which has been deprived of several key players like Jonathan David and Chuba Akpom, and has set its sights on the striker. Contacts already exist between the two parties.
It remains to be seen what the player's intentions will be, as in 2024 he explained that he had been approached by Rennes but was not interested in returning to Ligue 1. The terms of such an operation also remain to be seen, since the player is still under contract and earns around 3 million euros per season in the United States, a substantial salary for the vast majority of teams in the French championship. To be continued...
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