Olivier Giroud is one of the greatest players of the Blues. However, it was his brother who was destined for an international career, and the relationship between the two was not always good.
Olivier Giroud is one of the legends of the French team. Trained at Grenoble foot 38, the striker from Montpellier, Arsenal and AC Milan has 132 caps for the French team. With 57 goals for the Blues, he is also the top scorer in the history of the selection, ahead of Thierry Henry. He also recently broke the record for the oldest French player to be selected, at 37 years old.
After having won everything in Europe, the French striker will discover a new championship in a few weeks. He has indeed announced his signing in the United States, within the MLS franchise of Los Angeles FC. He will notably find his teammate in the French team for many years, Hugo Lloris. It was the franchise which announced it on May 14, in a press release. “Striker Olivier Giroud will join the Los Angeles Football Club on a “designated player” contract until 2025, with an option until 2026.”
Olivier Giroud is a model of resilience in the history of French football. However, he might not have been the only Giroud to wear the France A team jersey and to have a professional career in football. His brother Romain, nine years older, studied at the AJ Auxerre training center, and wore the jersey of the French youth teams around forty times, alongside Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet. However, he had no future in the professional world, and subsequently greatly supported the progression of his little brother’s career.
While Olivier Giroud was still at the Grenoble Foot 38 training center, Romain was a mentor and advisor to the future Arsenal player and gave him plenty of advice. To the point that their relationship could sometimes be complicated.
In the documentary dedicated to him by Canal +Olivier Giroud says that at one point he had to free himself from this family cocoon: “at one point, I had to be an actor in all that, and you (Romain Giroud) you understood it very well. We were still at odds for a little while, but that’s part of the process.” A necessary emancipation which was ultimately beneficial to him when we know the career of the French striker.