For those who had doubts about him, Olivier Giroud quickly responded on the ground. For his comeback in Ligue 1, the 2018 world champion quickly returned to the nets, first marking in Brest (3-3), then giving victory to his team against Monaco (1-0).
So these are two goals in two days of the championship. Olivier Giroud would therefore have left to put his goal every weekend, and make his owners happy on the game my little grass? Not so fast! Another center center has just landed in Lille.
Despite the excellent start to the season for the top scorer in the history of the Blues, LOSC did not hesitate to invest 12 million euros in Hamza Igamane, the Moroccan striker of the Glasgow Rangers. It's quite logical, moreover. It was difficult to imagine Giroud, at 39, chain two games per week (with the Europa League) throughout the season.
Giroud has competition
Lille presents his new attacker as follows: “Effective in the face of the goal, powerful, and incisive in the pressing, he also knows how to take the depth and be available on the front of the attack”. And takes good care to describe it as “versatile”, with “an additional profile” to the other elements of the offensive squad of the Dogues.
It is a way of not making Igamane a direct competitor of Giroud. However, if he can evolve on one side, the Moroccan clearly prefers the axis. The two men should share playing time for the tip.
