{"id":631854,"date":"2026-09-30T07:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/631854\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:02:09","slug":"olivier-giroud-confirms-retirement-plans-as-legendary-striker-prepares-to-hang-up-boots-after-illustrious-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/631854\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivier Giroud confirms retirement plans as legendary striker prepares to hang up boots after illustrious career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giroud, now in his second season at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after joining on a free transfer from Los Angeles FC in 2025, discussed the impending conclusion of his playing career. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/-c-est-tres-probablement-ma-derniere-saison-olivier-giroud-annonce-qu-il-devrait-mettre-un-terme-a-sa-carriere\/1721915\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">L&#8217;Equipe<\/a>, he said: &#8220;As a player, I think this is very likely my last season. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m trying to enjoy every moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating his contentment with everything he has achieved in the game, the former AC Milan striker added: &#8220;I am at peace with myself and with everything I have done in my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giroud, now in his second season at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after joining on a free transfer from Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25546,4026,4027,85,46,9460,47900,47901,2619,25548,105],"class_list":["post-631854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ac-milan","tag-arsenal","tag-chelsea","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-ligue-1","tag-lille","tag-o-giroud","tag-premier-league","tag-serie-a","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}