The news was brutal. Antoine Griezmann hangs up his tricolor crampons without warning, and all of French football wakes up with a hangover. “ It made me so sad, I needed a few hours to get over itsays Laure Boulleau this Wednesday evening on the Canal+ set dedicated to the Champions League. It won’t be the same as before, we will miss him a lot. He was still in good shape and that’s where it creates frustration, I don’t like the way it ended, (…) he deserved a better exit. »
Same feeling of waste expressed by Samir Nasri: “ He had the level to continue in the selection; I think he could have claimed to play the 2026 World Cup in the United States, a country he greatly appreciates… After the Euro, he was disappointed, that’s for sure, and during the last rally, against the Italy, he was not supposed to play, he owed his start to the fact that Kolo Muani was ill, and against Belgium he started on the bench… Obviously, a player like that, you don’t bring him to the French team to be on the bench. And then there is no more Varane, no more Pogba… he finds himself with a generation that he does not necessarily know. »
“Griezmann did not get the tributes he deserves”
For the former international, such a key element of the Blues would have deserved more consideration, particularly in the communication around his exit. “ It’s a shame, for me he is in the Top 10 of the best players on the France team and it ends like that overnight. He didn’t get the tributes he deserves, it’s a real shamecontinues Samir Nasri. I sent him a message to congratulate him on his career, it saddens me because a player of his caliber and with his profile, we don’t have another. »
And the Marseillais slipped to conclude a tackle on coach Didier Deschamps: “ The statement about the fact that Antoine showed lucidity could have been classier… » In the wake of Antoine Griezmann’s official announcement, the boss of the Blues reacted as follows: “ It’s never easy to draw a line under the French team. Especially when we represented it so well, so well embodied. It takes courage, lucidity and honesty and Antoine, in his analysis, did not lack it. It is to his credit. »
