Olivier Giroud wanted to react to the announcement of the end of career announced by Nikola Karabatic and scheduled for the end of the season.
After twenty-one seasons at the highest level, Nikola Karabatic will retire from professional handball. This Friday, the native of Nis (Serbia) published a letter on the PSG handball website to confirm the news. ” This season will be last“, Thus indicated the international tricolor. A page of tricolor handball will therefore turn and the reactions have already been numerous to welcome the decision of the quadruple world champion. Olivier Giroud notably had touching words for the one he met in Montpellier.
The footballer who plays today for AC Milan actually had the opportunity to regularly rub shoulders with Nikola Karabatic when the latter played for the MHB and when Giroud wore the colors of the city’s football club. On his social networks, the 2018 world champion center-forward sent a strong message to Karabatic. ” Respect and bravo for your immense career my friend. What a long way since Montpellier. “Words accompanied by a photo of the two men dating from their time in Montpellier.
A crazy track record
It is in any case a great champion of French sport who is about to turn the page. In addition to his world titles with France, Nikola Karabatic was named best world handball player three times (2007, 2014 and 2016) by the IHF. He also won three Champions League, fifteen French championship titles, four German championships and two Spanish championships. With the Blues, we must not forget his three Olympic gold medals and his three titles of European champion.
