“He just walked past me, pretended he never spoke English! And he’s been in the Premier League for 10 years,” Jason Cummings laughed as the Central Coast Mariners cult hero detailed his failed attempt to swap jerseys with Olivier Giroud earlier this week.
Cummings had appeared on Network 10’s The Project earlier this week to detail his experience of representing the Socceroos at the FIFA Men’s World Cup in Qatar, where Australia reached the last 16.
Clearly Cummings’ comments reached France, where their all-time leading goalscorer Giroud returned serve in epic proportions – sharing a picture of Jackson Irvine’s Socceroos jersey after the pair seemingly traded shirts.
In a Twitter post on Thursday, Giroud wrote: “Hi @jacksonirvine_ how is my English mate?”.
Giroud was on the agenda during Cummings’ television appearance earlier this week following Australia’s 4-1 loss at the hands of defending champions France in Qatar last month.
Not only was he given the cold shoulder by Giroud, but also France superstar Kylian Mbappe.
In a joking mood, Cummings said: “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.
“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!
“He just walked right past me!”
