Alexandre Lacazette has expressed doubts about the international retirement of Antoine Griezmann, who has decided to stop playing for the France team at the end of September.
He still has a hard time believing it. Two months after the unexpected international retirement of Antoine Griezmann (33), Alexandre Lacazette remains surprised by this announcement, which had the effect of a bombshell at the end of September. And while he described his exit as “sad”, the Lyon striker expressed some reservations. “I have the impression that it’s hiding something,” he said in an interview with the media Carré. Before clarifying his thoughts.
“If the French team accepts that, it’s a problem”
“Either he will make another outing, bigger, later. Either he will perhaps come back, because he remains an important player in the team, so we have to see how the team will react without him. But for me, if we have to be honest, his departure hides something,” he insisted.
Alexandre Lacazette, close to the Atlético Madrid player with whom he was U19 European champion, also felt that Antoine Griezmann (137 caps, 44 goals) did not have the exit he deserved in view of everything he brought to the Blues. “It’s not good enough for everything he did for the France team. And for me, if the French team accepts that, it’s a problem,” he added.
If the reasons for this sudden international retirement still remain mysterious, Antoine Griezmann assured that he would not reverse his decision. “It’s completely over, I’m not going back. As I said, it was not at all a whim, but it was carefully considered,” he assured at the beginning of the month. France's victory on September 9 against Belgium in the Nations League (2-0) should therefore remain as its last match in the Blues jersey.
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