Serie A giants Juventus and Inter Milan are preparing to make a move for Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud, according to Italian outlets Tuttosport (through football- italia) and Ilbianconero.com.
Giroud joined Chelsea in January 2018, scoring 30 goals in 96 appearances since– an outstanding record provided a big portion of those appearances would have been off thebench He has won an FA Cup and a Europa League title at Stamford Bridge, scoring in the final of the latter.
The Frenchman’s goalscoring form towards completion of the 2019/20 season was important, as his 8 goals in 12 trips assisted the Blues seal Champions League football.
Giroud commemorates a goal on the final day of last season, assisting Chelsea secure a leading 4 spot
Nevertheless, the arrival of Timo Werner from RB Leipzig in the summer has seen his game time restricted, and the former Arsenal man is yet to make a start in the league or Europe this season
Antonio Conte, who signed Giroud while at Chelsea, is supposedly targeting a reunion with the striker, as he searches for back up for Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez.
Lukaku and Martinez have started the season in great style, scoring 12 Serie A goals in between themselves in 9games Inter’s absence of depth up top will be an issue for Conte.
Tuttosport (through football- italia) state that the Nerazzurri are intending to finish a six-month loan deal with an option to buy for theWorld Cup winner Napoli forward Arkadiusz Milik, whose contract ends in the summer, is also a target.
Giroud has been left annoyed with his playing time this season.
On the other hand, Ilbianconero.com declares that Juventus manager Andrea Pirlo has called Giroud as one of 4 targets, together with Blues left-back Emerson Palmieri, Sassuolo’s Manuel Locatelli, and Udinese’s Rodrigo De Paul.
Pirlo has not made a perfect start to his supervisorycareer Regardless of still being unbeaten, La Vecchia Signora are only in 4th place, 6 points off league leaders Air Conditioning Milan. They’re the most affordable scorers in the leading 6, and relatively suffer from an over-reliance on super star Cristiano Ronaldo.
If Giroud was to move to Juventus, he would satisfy a variety of familiar faces, having actually formerly shared a dressing space with former Arsenal teammates Wojciech Szczesny and Aaron Ramsey, Spanish forward Alvaro Morata, and France international Adrien Rabiot.
The 34-year-old has not been quiet on the problem of his game time at Stamford Bridge, identifying the matter “concerning”.
