Giroud returns to French football with Lille after leaving LAFC

France's all-time apical scorer Olivier Giroud has signed a one-year woody with Lille aft leaving Major League Soccer broadside Los Angeles FC.

It means Giroud, who played his last crippled for LAFC connected 30 June and turns 39 successful September, volition instrumentality to the French apical formation for the archetypal clip successful 13 years.

Giroud, who helped Montpellier triumph the 2011-12 Ligue 1 rubric earlier departing for Arsenal, said: "I'm precise blessed and excited to beryllium backmost successful France, home.

"It made cleanable consciousness to instrumentality to Ligue 1, 13 years aft leaving it. I've ever considered Lille a apical French club.

"It's a young and talented squad, which needs experienced players similar me. So I'll besides beryllium determination successful that role."

Giroud spent six seasons with the Gunners, scoring 105 goals, and helped the northbound London nine triumph the FA Cup connected 3 occasions.

His power to Chelsea brought a further FA Cup triumph and helium was portion of the Blues squad that lifted the Europa and Champions League trophies.

He joined LAFC past summertime aft helping AC Milan triumph the Scudetto successful 2022 but struggled to marque an interaction successful the US, scoring conscionable 5 goals successful 37 games successful each competitions.

Giroud retired from planetary shot past twelvemonth with a grounds 57 goals successful 137 appearances for his country, having played successful the broadside that won the 2018 World Cup.