Didier Deschamps answered a question about Olivier Giroud this Monday at a press conference, emphasizing the striker’s age. Some saw a message there.
Top scorer in the history of the French team, Olivier Giroud has still not drawn a line under the selection. Despite his thirty-seven years, the AC Milan striker is still summoned by Didier Deschamps who is obliged to recognize that his qualities remain very useful to the Blues. But the years pass and the end of the adventure draws inexorably closer. And even if he remains largely competitive against, for example, Randal Kolo Muani, Olivier Giroud is surely aware of the situation. In any case, his coach reminded him in his own way. For some observers, there was even a subliminal message in his words.
At a press conference this Monday, Didier Deschamps spoke about his attacker. “ Olivier, he is still thirty-seven years old and that brings his club coach to manage him. (…) He has some playing time where he plays, but obviously, he plays few full matches. He can certainly be put to rest, come home for half an hour. » An exit that Carine Galli noted in her analysis, on the channel The Team. “ On Olivier Giroud, I found that he insisted on his age, on the fact that he was not always a starter with AC Milan. Well you have to look at the stats, the reality is that at the start of the season, in Serie A and the Champions League, he is much more of a starter than a substitute.“
“He insisted on age”
For the journalist, now is not the time for major maneuvers at the front of the France team. “ So for the moment, we cannot say that it is really called into question, knowing that the debut of (Randal) Kolo Muani in Blues, or with PSG, is not really thunderous. » And Carine Galli once again notes Deschamps’ words about Giroud. “ He insisted on the age, thirty-seven years old… » Also present on the set, Yoann Riou confirmed his colleague’s point of view: “ On Giroud, it’s the art of saying in two or three sentences what he really thinks.“
