Socceroo Jason Cummings has hilariously shared the moment he was brutally snubbed by two French superstars – including one who pretended he couldn’t speak English.
Cummings said he first tried to swap his jersey with superstar Kylian Mbappe after Australia’s 4-1 loss in their World Cup opener last month.
And when that plan fell through, the 27-year-old said he then turned to Mbappe’s teammate Olivier Giroud – with disastrous results.
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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,” he said on 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’.
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“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!”
Cummings, dubbed the Cumdog or Cumdingo by football fans, could only laugh off his encounter with the French superstar duo.
Speaking after Argentina’s historic World Cup win over France, Cummings joked he played a part in superstar Lionel Messi’s incredible performance after giving him an Insta shoutout pre-game.
“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,” he laughed.
“He’s checked that and it just gave him that extra motivation.”
The Socceroo said he now believed Messi had now ended the greatest of all time debate with that 3-3 (4-2) penalty shootout win on Monday morning.
“I think it was the best World Cup game, never mind the final – it had everything,” he said.
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“I think the debate’s over now. For me, Messi’s got the GOAT status.
“He’s got the World Cup – something that (Cristiano) Ronaldo hasn’t got, and probably never get the chance to win anymore.”
