Not summoned by Didier Deschamps since the start of September, Olivier Giroud saw from afar the France team win the League of Nations.

However, he did not give up the idea of ​​recovering a medal.

“Apparently, N'Golo Kanté and I can have one because we were heavily involved in qualifying,” he remarked in a long article dedicated to him in the

Guardian

.

"If the coach needs me, I will go"

The sequel, on the other hand, is likely to continue to be written without him.

We could be wrong, but we do not see Deschamps recall the Milanese immediately when he has finally managed to find a system to make Griezmann, Benzema and Mbappé play together.

True to himself, the person still believes in it.

Or at least, will never say that it is no longer available.

“I don't think that one day I will announce my international retirement,” he said.

If the coach needs me, I'll go.

I never claimed playing time from Frank Lampard [at Chelsea], for example (…).

It's the same with the national team.

It's simple, if the coach needs me, he will call me, if not, he will not call me.

I am 100% focused on Milan.

"

Mbappé?

"It was such a small thing ..."

In this article, Olivier Giroud also returns to the fact that he has always been opposed to Karim Benzema. Unjustified, according to him. “We were pitted against each other. You have the pro-Benzema and the pro-Giroud. I always said that I had no problem with him, that I liked playing with him, but it's a media thing to make it seem like we were constantly arguing, said the striker. This has never been true. "

The second top scorer in the history of the Blues even admits that the history of F1 and karting made him laugh. “He was talking to his fans, that's normal. I never said anything about it, I took it with a smile, ”he says. On the other hand, the quarrel with Mbappé before the Euro, still raised by Deschamps when explaining his absence at the start of the school year, much less. “It was such a small thing,” he says in despair. He was a little upset for a few days, even though I explained to him that I wasn't pointing fingers at him. I didn't mean to be hard on anyone. "

Here again, he believes that the media have their share of responsibility.

“I had just answered a question where a journalist told me after the game: 'Oh, you were very discreet but you scored two goals.'

It's always like they [journalists] are trying to piss me off.

I just said, "Yeah, maybe we could've found each other a different way."

That's all.

The media tried to inflate it and say that it ruined the atmosphere within the team.

But come on!

We had an adult conversation and it was no problem.

"

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