Legendary France international and their all-time leading goal-scorer, Olivier Giroud confirms international retirement after the UEFA Euro 2024.
Giroud, in a recent interview with L’Équipe expressed his international future after completing a summer move over to the United States where he will play for Los Angeles FC.
“When you make a choice like that (signing in the United States), it’s also to be able to enjoy your family a little more, he admits in L’Equipe. We live at 200 miles an hour, we don’t I don’t have much time for family. There are five meetings in the season and it seems complicated to me. To be honest, I have to say that this will be my last competition with the Blues. I think that the French team will be finished after the Euro. We must give way to the young people.
The AC Milan striker, aged 37, evokes a certain mental and physical weariness to explain his decision, even if a door remains slightly ajar for a possible return: “You also have to know not to spend the season too long. . You have to find the right balance. Afterwards, you should never say ‘Fontaine, I won’t drink your water’, but you have to be realistic. As I said, I also feel physical and mental fatigue. said it after the World Cup, and he was right. I always said that I was going to stop when my body asked me to. But for the French team. In my opinion, it will be over.”, told L’Équipe.