Football news - Chelsea set to sell striker Olivier Giroud to AC Milan in £2 million deal

Published 08/07/2021 at 20:23 GMT

Despite recently extending his contract at Stamford Bridge by a further 12 months, Chelsea's French international striker Olivier Giroud looks set to leave the club. Reports in Italy suggest he is due to move to AC Milan for a fee of around £2 million, with the final fee dependent on performance-related clauses.

Chelsea's French striker Olivier Giroud warms up

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Chelsea are set to sell Olivier Giroud to AC Milan for £1.7 million, according to reports.

Sky Sports report the 36-year-old France international is set to travel to Italy in order to undergo a medical.

The deal will see the Serie A side, who finished runners-up last season, pay one million euros up front, with the same again payable depending the club’s future success.

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Giroud had extended his stay at Stamford Bridge by 12 months when the Champions League winners activated an extension with his contract, but now look set to sell the player who joined from Arsenal in January 2018 for around £10 million.

Giroud was part of the French squad that got knocked out of Euro 2020, but lost his starting place to Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.

He will be the Italian club’s second signing after they brought in Fikayo Tomori, also from Chelsea, for £25 million.

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