Chelsea’s triggering of the clause in Olivier Giroud’s contract could have stopped teams from wanting to sign the Frenchman, but that hasn’t happened.
Milan, who were hoping to sign him on a free, haven’t given up, and, in fact, ‘there is great optimism’ within the Serie A club of getting something done.
Corriere dello Sport describe a ‘growing confidence’, especially from the player’s end, since he has an ‘iron will to try a new adventure’ with the Italians.
The newspaper state ‘contacts between Giroud’s agents and Milan are constant’, with an agreement ‘almost reached’ for the contract, which is helping the belief a deal ‘can really go through’.
First, however, the France international ‘will have to free himself from Chelsea’, which they think shouldn’t be a problem because of the ‘unwritten pact’ with the Blues that he could leave if offers from abroad arrived.
The triggering of the clause was simply to ward off any interested Premier League sides, with Tottenham reportedly sniffing around.
However, Milan play in Serie A, and they would represent a deal that ‘would not bother’ Marina Granovskaia and co.
Thus, a deal is doable.
