Giroud, it's indeed finished

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

This Sunday evening, the LOSC welcomes AS Monaco on behalf of the closing match of the second day of Ligue 1. The opportunity for Olivier Giroud to confirm its satisfactory beginnings with the DOGUES.

On September 30, the Native of Chambéry will blow out his 39th candle. Certain journalists and sports consultants, like Yoann Riou, imagine him to return to the French team, although he took his international retirement after Euro 2024 in Germany.

Guy Stéphan came to shower their hopes. “For the French team, I think you shouldn't think about it. At that age, it would surprise me. Especially since it is not someone who makes decisions lightly. When he decided to retire international, it is that he had really decided it ”, said Didier Deschamps' assistant this Sunday morning in Téléfoot.

Giroud, there will be no 138th selection

When he had sine in Lille, the international tricolor had confirmed that he would not return the Blues. “I don't think about it, I don't think about it anymore, I closed the pagehe had certified. It has been extraordinary years, but now you really have to give way to young people. So I don't have this goal in mind, it's behind me. »»

Since 2022, Olivier Giroud is none other than the top scorer in the history of the French team. With 57 goals scored in 137 functions in the jersey struck the rooster, he is ahead of Thierry Henry (51 achievements) and Kylian Mbappé (50).