Speaking after Australia’s 4-1 loss of their World Cup opener to France, Cummings revealed how he had initially tried to swap jerseys with Kylian Mbappe.
But when that plan didn’t eventuate, he as a substitute turned his consideration on Giroud.
“So when I was walking back to my change room, I’ve seen Giroud,” he stated on ‘The Project’.
“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.”
In response, Giroud later shared photographs on social media of Jackson Irvine’s jersey with the caption, “Hi @jacksonirvine_ how is my English mate?” alongside laughing emojis.
Appearing on SEN Radio’s ‘Saturday Morning Mowers Club’, Cummings put any lingering hypothesis over the shirt swap to mattress, explaining it began out as “just a bit of banter”.
“I just think it’s funny. It was just a bit of banter. I didn’t actually expect it to get to Giroud and for him to respond,” Cummings stated.
“It got twisted a wee bit, saying that Giroud told me he doesn’t speak English. That wasn’t the case, he probably didn’t understand me because I speak Scottish. I sometimes speak gibberish so he just didn’t understand me or something, I’m not too sure.”
Cummings went on to explain it as a “misunderstanding”, including that it has all been “resolved” and that he had truly since acquired a message from Giroud himself.
“He actually messaged me a DM on Instagram and it turns out he’s a great bloke,” Cummings stated.
“He’s offered to send me an AC Milan jersey and basically said sorry for the misunderstanding and stuff. That’s nice and shows that he’s actually a good bloke.
“I said to him that I’m going to send him back a Mariners jersey in return. It turns out that we’re actually best mates now so, you know, I got the last laugh.”
Originally printed as Socceroos star Jason Cummings reveals actual story behind Olivier Giroud jersey swap snub
