Olivier Giroud focused on winning Serie A with Milan

Milan and France forward Olivier Giroud is focused on winning the Serie A title with AC Milan as he targets league success.

A Champions League winner in the 2020-21 season before leaving Chelsea for Milan, Giroud has not won a league crown since conquering Ligue 1 with Montpellier in 2011-12, nine years ago although he has won every other major honor except the FIFA Club World Cup.

Olivier Giroud celebrates after scoring for Milan in a past match. | PHOTO: Getty Images |

Milan – without a Scudetto since 2011 – are level atop the Serie A table alongside Napoli after nine rounds of matches after their enthralling 4-2 win at nine-man Bologna last weekend.

“I used to say football is an everlasting new beginning and you must always be ready for the next challenge,” France international Giroud, who has three goals in five Serie A appearances this season, told Football Ramble podcast.

“That’s one of my regrets in my career, it’s not to have finished the job by winning the European Cup with France at home to Portugal. Another is not winning the Premier League with Arsenal or Chelsea.

“I still have a lot of hopes regarding winning another league with my new club and I am focused on it.”

Stefano Pioli oversaw his 100th match in charge of Milan across all competitions following Saturday’s triumph over Bologna.

Pioli has won 56 of those games, exactly as many as Massimiliano Allegri had recorded with the Rossoneri after the same tally of games.

Olivier Giroud in action for the France national team in a past match. | PHOTO: Getty Images |

“This might sound like a threat for someone, but I expect to reach at least another 100 more,” Milan head coach Pioli said.

Milan have won eight of their opening nine games of a Serie A season for the second time in their history – previously in 1954-55.

Pioli’s Milan, meanwhile, have equaled their record of away wins in a single calendar year in Serie A thanks to 14 victories, as in 1964.

Giroud, a serial winner has won the UEFA Europa League with Chelsea in 2019 even finishing as the competition’s highest goal scorer. In 2018, he won the FIFA World Cup with France’s national team, playing in every match in that competition. The striker known for his ability to head in goals is France’s second all-time goal scorer behind Arsenal and France great Thierry Henry.