Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann hints at playing for France at Paris 2024 Olympics on home soil

BARCELONA star Antoine Griezmann may play for France at the next Olympics after dropping a huge hint on social media.

The next Games will take in Paris and it's likely one or two high-profile French footballers will play for the country on home soil.

Griezmann took to Twitter to wish the French team well at the Tokyo Games, sharing a picture of their procession at the opening ceremony.

The image was captioned: "Wishing you happiness and success, we are very proud of you. Vive la France!"

The official Paris 2024 Twitter account responded to the 30-year-old's tweet, asking: "In the procession in 2024, Antoine?"

Griezmann then responded with a praying emoji, French flag and love heart – perhaps indicating he wants to play in three years' time.

And the fact the player chose to respond to the Games' official Twitter account rather than a fan suggests a decision has already been made.

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Men's football at the Olympics is viewed as a youth tournament, with only a few senior internationals taking part.

Neymar led Brazil to the gold medal at the Rio Games in 2016, despite already being his country's leading footballer.

The then-Barcelona forward MISSED the Copa America earlier in the summer to ensure he was fully fit for the Olympics.

And Team GB's one-off squad for the London Games in 2012 contained 38-year-old Ryan Giggs and 33-year-old Craig Bellamy.

Each nation are allowed to have three players who are aged 24 or older at the beginning of the calendar year in their squad.

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Senior internationals Marcos Asensio, Eric Bailly and Dani Ceballos are among the footballing stars at this summer's delayed Games.

Brazil legend Dani Alves is also in Japan for the tournament, taking a DRUM with him to keep the squad entertained while isolating.

And some of the world's best young players, including Richarlison, Pedri and Gabriel Martinelli will be on show in Japan.

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