After a recent lack of game time, Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud is now reportedly considering a January exit from the club.
Olivier Giroud is plotting a Chelsea exit in January as his spot in France’s European Championships is under threat once again according to reports making the rounds.
The Blues striker has been given just 46 minutes of Premier League action by Chelsea manager Frank Lampard this season.
That has happened due to the arrival of new attackers Timo Werner and Kai Havertz at Stamford Bridge.
Giroud nearly left Chelsea this time last year due to a lack of game time but the 34-year-old earned his place back in Lampard’s starting line-up to fire the west Londoners to a top-four finish last term.
Yet according to Football–London, Giroud is prepared to seek a Chelsea exit this January when he would have only six months left on his Blues’ contract. The report says Inter Milan are one of the teams interested in the experienced forward.
The striker has been called up to France’s senior squad for the November internationals but his competition for a starting spot is getting more intense. This comes after Borussia Moenchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram was granted a debut call-up.
Thuram, son of World Cup winner Lilian, scored 14 goals in the Bundesliga last season to convince Didier Deschamps he deserves a spot in the World Cup winners’ squad.
The 23-year-old will compete alongside Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Anthony Martial, and Wissam Ben Yedder for a central role in Deschamps’ team.
Giroud will be aware that his chances of starring for France will be reduced if he remains low down in the Chelsea pecking order, with England striker Tammy Abraham also ahead of the Frenchman in the queue.
This could force the Frenchman to consider an exit and it could be one Chelsea will happily sanction given their wealth of attackers at the moment.
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