This Monday morning, Antoine Griezmann took the entire football world, and especially France, by surprise by announcing his international retirement, after ten years of good and loyal service in EDF. The 33-year-old striker, who still said, as recently as the last international break, that he was considering continuing with the Blues, finally took a step aside and put an end to his exceptional adventure in the selection. The tributes then multiplied.
From Raphaël Varane, who recently announced the end of his career, to his now ex-coach Didier Deschamps, via Benjamin Pavardeveryone agrees to recognize the greatness of Grizou’s accomplishments with the Blues. And among those who sent him a public message, we also find Kylian Mbappé, whose role, or more precisely the fact that he received the captain’s armband which seemed to be intended for him, could be one of the reasons for his departure. The least we can say is that the end of his message sounds like a curious justification: “ And I will never forget the honor and pleasure it was to play alongside you for so many years. I never trivialized it ».
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