AC Milan coach Pioli tells Giroud: I am proud to have worked with you

AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli has paid tribute to Olivier Giroud.

The veteran has announced he will leave Milan this summer for the MLS and LAFC.

Pioli said: "I am proud to have worked with you.

"It was a privilege, it was an honor. I hug you, I thank you, I love you, you know, you are great. I hug you really tight."

In three years at Milan - with two games still to play against Torino and Salernitana, the last at San Siro where he will be farewelled - Giroud played a total of 130 games, scoring 48 goals.