During the previous mercatos, it was often question of the future of Olivier Giroud at Chelsea. A player agent says he was even practically at Juventus last summer.
Mandated by Olivier Giroud’s agent, Vincenzo Morabito explains how Olivier Giroud was very close to joining Juventus in Turin: “In September, for one afternoon, Giroud was practically a Juventus player” , he told Tuttosport .
“Giroud was one step away from Lazio”
But Olivier Giroud’s future was linked to that of Dries Mertens who was coveted by Frank Lampard: “I represent his agent for Italy.” Giroud was one step away from Lazio a year ago: if Napoli had sold (Dries) Mertens to Chelsea, the Frenchman would have become Biancoceleste. And in the fall, when (Luis) Suarez was gone, (Edin) Dzeko and (Alvaro) Morata didn’t seem achievable on loan, he was practically at Juventus for an afternoon. « concludes the player agent.
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