At long last, Olivier Giroud’s time in MLS with LAFC has come to an end.
On Friday, LAFC announced that they had mutually agreed to part ways, with the French striker set to return to Ligue 1 to join Lille, as they look to move on from Canadian international Jonathan David.
Although many MLS teams have made mistakes when it comes to former European stars in the waning years of their careers, few have underdelivered on expectations as much as Giroud.
While the all-time goal scoring leader for the French national team came to MLS with hopes of bringing LAFC back to MLS Cup contender status, his on-field production floundered, and he scored just three goals in 24 MLS games.
Now, he leaves LAFC sixth in the Western Conference, after crashing out of the FIFA Club World Cup with losses against England’s Chelsea, France’s Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil’s Flamengo, after qualifying against Liga MX’s Club América.
