“I’m not here to give gifts”, Didier Deschamps reframes Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine after a question about Olivier Giroud

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Euro 2024 will be held from June 14 to July 14. Six months before the competition, everyone is already worried about Didier Deschamps’ choices regarding the composition of the France team. If certain players like Kylian Mbappé or Antoine Griezmann have the assurance of being called up, the future is less certain for other football figures like Olivier Giroud.
Guest on the set of the show “It’s yours” this Tuesday January 30, 2024 on France 5, Didier Deschamps was questioned on the subject by Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine. The host directly put her feet in the matter by declaring: “Regarding the situation of Olivier Giroud, at 37 years old, this European Cup could be his last international competition in Blue…”.

The coach of the France team then responded: “There are also others who don’t know it! There are others who were at the World Cup without knowing that it was the last one… For him, it’s a question of age, It’s true”.

Didier Deschamps reframes Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine live
Determined to see Olivier Giroud take to the field in Munich (Germany) for this Euro 2024, the host then asked: “Did you give him this gift?”
And Didier Deschamps responded firmly: “I’m not here to give presents, my name is not Santa Claus.”. Faced with the astonishment of the host and the columnists, the coach then tried to qualify his remarks : “It’s hard what I just said but hey. I’m human and I know that I have the ability to make some players happy and others unhappy, that’s the bad side of my job.”
“Afterwards I have a human relationship with Olivier who has been there from the start. He knows it. It’s up to him to maintain his level of performance because there is competition. I can’t give guarantees but everything happens like that has happened until now, there are no reasons with the France group in May” he concluded.

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