Mathieu Debuchy, the president of Lesquin in the Lille metropolitan area, has recruited his friend Olivier Giroud (Losc) for the next season despite his 39 years.
“I do not yet know what will happen next year,” said Olivier Giroud in the mixed zone after Lille’s elimination in the Europa League round of 16 at Aston Villa. Since this Friday, the 2018 World Cup champion knows more. And it can be said that his choice is extremely surprising. “We are slowly starting recruitment for next season @uslesquin. Sorry @ligue1mcdonalds. Well, we’ll still let him finish the season @losclive to qualify for the Champions League,” wrote Mathieu Debuchy on his Instagram account.
President of US Lesquin in the Lille metropolitan area, Mathieu Debuchy knows Olivier Giroud well, whom he managed to convince. They both wore the French national team shirt in the 2010s. For several seasons between 2014 and 2018, they also played together at Arsenal where they won four trophies, two Cups (2015 and 2017) and two FA Community Shields (2015 and 2016). Mathieu Debuchy’s Instagram post is accompanied by a photo showing him posing next to his friend holding a green US Lesquin shirt, with Giroud’s name and number 9 on it.
Ending his contract at the end of the current season, Olivier Giroud scored six goals in Ligue 1 (including one against OM) and four in the Europa League wearing the Dogues shirt. At 39 years old, the one who wore the Los Angeles FC shirt in Major League Soccer had been approached to return to the United States this summer to comment on World Cup matches for M6, similar to Antoine Griezmann. An option that was ultimately abandoned by the television channel.
