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“MLS, for my family, my children who speak English, it is interesting. In a year? Two years? I don’t know when. But of course, I will be opened to a new challenge,” the Chelsea forward told RMC Sport.
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Chelsea secured their first continental silverware in six years by soundly trouncing Arsenal in the Europa League final in Baku on Wednesday.
After a slightly flat first half, the game rocketed into action within five minutes of the restart when Olivier Giroud headed the Blues in front.
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Chelsea have triggered their option to extend Olivier Giroud’s contract by another year.
Giroud had been set to become a free agent, but Chelsea decided to keep him as they weigh up whether to take their appeal against a two-transfer window ban imposed by FIFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, sources have told ESPN FC.
Giroud said: “I am very happy to sign a new contract. I really wanted to stay at least one more year – I have felt a part of the team, the family, since the beginning…
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Julien Laurens explains why Chelsea and Real Madrid think they are in a position of leverage against the other in the potential sale of Eden Hazard.
Chelsea have triggered their option to extend Olivier Giroud’s contract by another year, sources have told ESPN FC.
Giroud had been set to become a free agent, but Chelsea have decided to keep him as they weigh up whether to take their appeal against a two-transfer window ban imposed by FIFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Olivier Giroud said he has not been given a fair chance by Maurizio Sarri since Gonzalo Higuain’s arrival at Chelsea in January.
Higuain has netted just three goals in 10 Chelsea appearances — two against Huddersfield Town and one against Fulham — since signing from Juventus on loan, but continues to be Sarri’s preferred striker in the Premier League.
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Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has revealed he is considering the possibility of a summer move for unsettled Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud.
Giroud told ESPN FC earlier this month that he has found it “difficult” to accept not being Maurizio Sarri’s first-choice striker at Chelsea this season, with Eden Hazard often deployed as a false No. 9 by the Italian in the first half of the campaign.
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