Frenchman Antoine Griezmann has just won the biggest victory of his career. He was pumped. An hour after leading France to the second title of the World Cup, the star of Atletico Madrid noticed that his teammate Paul Pogba was conducting an interview with the British media

Griezmann took the microphone of Fox Sports . Griezmann was informed that his comments had to be in English, so he … professed his love for Derrick Rose.

There was something deliciously random about Griezmann – literally minutes after winning the WORLD CUP – telling the world that he loves the backup point guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Antoine Griezmann is legitimately a superfan of Derrick Rose

Just as the NBA has expanded its global footprint, many international football stars have become big fans of basketball. Pogba and Belgium's Thibaut Courtois are friends with Joel Embiid. Neymar visited the Golden State Warriors. Cristiano Ronaldo recently compared his personal rivalries to battles between NBA stars.

Since Griezmann is on social networks (since 2012), he is a fervent adept of the NBA. Derrick Rose is still his favorite player, surprisingly.

In 2013, Griezmann tweeted that he considered Derrick Rose as his idol number 1.

The decline of the injury by Rose did not diminish Griezmann's enthusiasm. Both were lucky to meet in 2016 when Rose was with the Knicks. Griezmann, wearing a pink jersey, explained that he was a fan of Knicks because Rose was his favorite player.

Look how happy he was to meet Rose. He offered to the Keeper of the Knicks of the time a pink Atletico Madrid jersey

He joked (we think) to the journalists that he would only leave Atletico to play with Derrick Rose [19659018] Antoine Griezmann at @nyknicks ? pic.twitter.com/apXItkdvKb

– B / R Football (@brfootball) May 18, 2017