An unused substitute by Didier Deschamps on Tuesday night against Germany, Olivier Giroud wasn’t needed as France saw off Joachim Low’s men in a rather comfortable 1-0 win.
In the meantime, those in charge of the Chelsea player’s future are hard at work doing their job, and Gazzetta dello Sport reckon a deal between Milan and the France international has been found.
Plastering a large article with the headline ‘Milan find the agreement’ and a picture of Giroud, the message couldn’t be clearer.
Now, the other part of the hard work begins, as conversations with Chelsea are needed in order to let the striker leave on a free, since the Italians don’t want to pay a fee.
Gazzetta following the two-year deal agreement, those in charge at Milan ‘reiterated the idea the deal can only be concluded at no cost’.
Ivan Gazidis, Paolo Maldini and Federico Massara ‘were clear and received equally clear answers’.
It is now ‘up to Giroud’s French agent to contact Chelsea the ensure the pacts of a few months ago are applied’, meaning a free transfer granted ‘despite the contract just being renewed for a season’.
The France international ‘is convinced that Chelsea don’t intend to hinder his landing in Serie A’, and that’s why Milan are ‘staying behind the scenes’ in order to ‘not stir the waters too much’, fully aware they have more pressing matters to discuss with Marina Granovskaia, such as the whole Fikayo Tomori affair.
Either way, the Giroud transfer appears to be on the right track.
