French star Olivier Giroud has hilariously shot again at Aussie striker Jason ‘Cumdog’ Cummings over an obvious jersey swap snub on the FIFA World Cup.
Cummings revealed early this week that Giroud had brutally ignored him when he requested the AC Milan striker to swap jerseys after Australia’s 4-1 loss to France within the World Cup opener.
In an look on The Project, Cummings declared Giroud “pretended he never spoke English” when requested to swap jerseys.
However Giroud has now hit again with a hilarious Twitter put up that reveals he wasn’t pretending to not converse English after the match, not less than to not everybody.
Writing alongside a picture of a Socceroos jersey belonging to fellow Aussie participant Jackson Irvine, Giroud wrote: “Hi @jacksonirvine_ how is my English mate?”
The tweet immediately grew to become a social media sensation after it was shared late on Thursday evening (AEDT), with greater than 5,000 retweets by Friday morning.
In one hilarious reply, Jackson Irvine took the joke even additional, writing: “What a man. I can confirm we exchanged our hair care routines in perfect English.”
Although clearly tongue in cheek, it was a far cry from the model of occasions Cummings shared a couple of nights earlier.
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“After the France game, I actually tried to get Mbappe – forget Giroud, I went for the top boy Mbappe – and he told me to meet him in the change rooms,” Cummins instructed The Project.
“So I went to the changing room and the kit man was there and I gave him my top and 10 minutes later he came out with my jersey and says: ‘Nah, absolutely not, (Mbappe) doesn’t want to swap’.
“So when I was walking back to my change room and I’ve seen Giroud and I’m walking, as handsome as ever, and I asked him, ‘Giroud, please man, can I get your shirt man? I’m a big fan, can I get your shirt?’
“And he just walked past me, pretended he never spoke English! And he’s been in the Premier League for 10 years! (laughing).
“He just walked right past me!”
Considering a few of ‘Cumdog’ Cummings’ different post-World Cup yarns, it’s truthful to say the previous Rangers striker has been giving himself a good bit of artistic licence.
The 27-year-old additionally joked he performed a component in Messi’s majestic World Cup run due to a pre-game Instagram message.
“I think I deserve a lot of credit (for Messi’s World Cup showing) – he’s definitely checked his phone just before, he’s seen the Cumdog pop up on his Instagram there,” Cummins stated.
“He’s checked that and it just gave him that extra motivation.”
Originally revealed as Olivier Giroud fires again at Jason ‘Cumdog’ Cummings with hilarious World Cup tweet