He uses Mbappé to smash Deschamps and Giroud

World champion 2018 and finalist in 2022, Didier Deschamps recently extended until June 2026 as coach of the France team. At the head of the Blues since 2012, the Basque has regularly relied on Olivier Giroud at the forefront of his attack, but for Jérôme Rothen, it is time to move on.

Olivier Giroud is one of the most faithful lieutenants of Didier Deschamps. The striker of theAC Milan has taken part in all major international competitions since Didier Deschamps is the coach of the Blues. Of Global 2014 to the coronation in Russia in 2018 through the two finals lost during theEuro 2016 and the world Cup 2022, the native of Chambéry was still there. But his time is over for Jerome Rothen.

Rothen does not want the Blues to depend on Kylian Mbappé

Taulier of the French team, Kylian Mbappe confirmed this status in the final of world Cup by scoring a legendary hat-trick, however insufficient to allow the Blues to win against argentina. Whereas Didier Deschamps was extended as head of the‘French teamJérôme Rothen warns the coach: “I hope that Didier Deschamps will put the best players in the best possible position so that they explode and that we don’t have a team that is handed over to the exploits of Kylian Mbappé. And in this case, it’s without Olivier Giroud“, he confided in Rothen Ignites before adding:It may be with those we saw and who replaced him at the World Cup: Kolo Muani, Thuram, Nkunku.

“We have an incredible reservoir in France”

Whether Didier Deschamps will stay on the bench, Jerome Rothen no longer wish to see Olivier Giroud among the Blues, and he explains: I have enormous respect for Olivier Giroud, but we are not from Sweden, Hungary or Romania, we have an incredible reservoir in France. And we have to use it so that players bring a different impulse so that we can still dominate Europe“concluded the former player of the PSG.