All eyes were on 37-year-old Olivier Giroud as he leaves Europe, where he has played at the top level in France, England and Italy, to head next season to Los Angeles FC.
Olivier Giroud said goodbye to AC Milan fans with a goal in Saturday's entertaining season finale with Salernitana, drawn 3-3
Olivier Giroud's long career has been rewarded not only with the 2018 World Cup winners medal but also the 2019 Champions League with Chelsea, the 2022 Serie A championship with AC Milan and four FA Cup victories (three with Arsenal, one with Chelsea).
N'Golo Kante left English side Chelsea last summer to join Saudi club Al Ittihad and has not represented France since June 2022.
Luka Jovic fired AC Milan to a comeback 3-2 victory at Frosinone on Saturday with a late winner which moved his team to within five points of Serie A leaders Inter Milan
Olivier Giroud will carry AC Milan's Champions League hopes on his broad shoulders on Tuesday when the veteran striker lines up against Borussia Dortmund
Olivier Giroud has been banned for two games for aiming a volley of abuse at officials at the end of AC Milan's dramatic and controversial 2-2 draw at Lecce
Olivier Giroud's winner was his seventh goal of the season in all competitions and there was a French flavour to the finish which downed Ligue 1 champions PSG
AC Milan will defend their two-point Serie A lead on Sunday night when they face Juventus, a huge match which threatens to be overshadowed by a gambling scandal rocking Italian football.
Milan ended a run of three straight defeats, including two at the San Siro against Inter in the Champions League semi-final, with an emphatic victory over a team dead last in the table.