Olivier Giroud fires back at Jason ‘Cumdog’ Cummings with hilarious World Cup tweet

Aussie striker Jason Cummings can spin a yarn with the best of them – but a French superstar has now laid his greatest story to waste.

French star Olivier Giroud has hilariously shot back at Aussie striker Jason ‘Cumdog’ Cummings. Pic: Getty

French star Olivier Giroud has hilariously shot back at Aussie striker Jason ‘Cumdog’ Cummings over an apparent jersey swap snub at the FIFA World Cup.

Cummings revealed early this week that Giroud had brutally ignored him when he asked the AC Milan striker to swap jerseys after Australia’s 4-1 loss to France in the World Cup opener.

In an appearance on The Project, Cummings declared Giroud “pretended he never spoke English” when asked to swap jerseys.

However Giroud has now hit back with a hilarious Twitter post that shows he wasn’t pretending to not speak English after the match, at least not to everyone.

Writing alongside an image of a Socceroos jersey belonging to fellow Aussie player Jackson Irvine, Giroud wrote: “Hi @jacksonirvine_ how is my English mate?”

Hi 👋🏼 @jacksonirvine_ How is my english mate? 🤣🤣🤣 🇫🇷❤️🇦🇺✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/McHQP30cCX

— Olivier Giroud (@_OlivierGiroud_) December 22, 2022

The tweet instantly became a social media sensation after it was shared late on Thursday night (AEDT), with more than 5,000 retweets by Friday morning.

In one hilarious reply, Jackson Irvine took the joke even further, writing: “What a man. I can confirm we exchanged our hair care routines in perfect English.”

Although clearly tongue in cheek, it was a far cry from the version of events Cummings shared a few nights earlier.

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French star Olivier Giroud has hilariously shot back at Aussie striker Jason ‘Cumdog’ Cummings. Pic: Getty

“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,” Cummins told 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’.

“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).

Australia's midfielder #22 Jackson Irvine was the recipient of Giroud’s jersey. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

“He just walked right past me!”

Considering some of ‘Cumdog’ Cummings’ other post-World Cup yarns, it’s fair to say the former Rangers striker has been giving himself a fair bit of creative licence.

The 27-year-old also joked he played a part in Messi’s majestic World Cup run because of a pre-game Instagram message.

“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,” Cummins said.

“He’s checked that and it just gave him that extra motivation.”

The Socceroo said he now believed Messi had 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.

“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.”

- with foxsports.com.au