Now retired from football
“selections”the Lille OSC striker brings his total to 57 goals. A total which will undoubtedly be exceeded by Kylian Mbappé in the coming months. The number 10 and captain of the Blues is 4 lengths behind with 53 achievements.
For the 39-year-old Mastiff striker, Mbappé can get closer to 100 goals for the France team. “He will be 27 years old (on December 20), so if he does another five-six years, at ten to twelve matches per season, he can reach close to 100, I wish him. I wish Kylian (Mbappé) to surpass me in a few months, but not too soon, either,” he said during an interview with the newspaperTeam.
“If the coach is in trouble…”
Olivier Giroud is done with the France team. The Frenchman has achieved great things in the blue jersey and does not intend to return even if he performs well with his club. However, the French striker admitted that if the coach called on him in the event of a major slaughter in the offensive sector, it would be difficult for him to say no to a call-up.
“There is already a very big massacre currently, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in the French team. And coach Deschamps didn't need to call on me. Either way, he knows my position on this. It’s great for Jean-Philippe Mateta that he’s been called up. It’s also a great example that he can taste all that at 28 years old. Plus, she seems like a nice person to me. Afterwards, if there is an even bigger massacre and the coach, at a given moment, is in trouble, it will be… We will have to think, “ he said. To be continued…
