France’s Antoine Griezmann was just coming off the biggest win of his career. He was pumped. An hour after leading France to the nation’s second World Cup title, the Atletico Madrid star noticed teammate Paul Pogba conducting an interview with English-language media.

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

There was something delightfully random about Griezmann — literal minutes after winning the WORLD CUP — telling the world that he loves the backup point guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves. But there was more behind those spontaneous remarks.

Antoine Griezmann is legitimately a Derrick Rose superfan.

Just as the NBA has expanded its global footprint, many international soccer stars have become huge basketball fans. 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 the battles between NBA stars.

For as long as Griezmann has been on social media (since 2012), he’s been an avid follower of the NBA. Derrick Rose is still his favorite player, astonishingly.

In 2013, Griezmann tweeted that he considered Derrick Rose his No. 1 idol.

Rose’s injury-riddled decline hadn’t diminished Griezmann’s enthusiasm in the slightest. The two had a chance to meet in 2016 when Rose was with the Knicks. Griezmann, wearing a Rose jersey, explained that he was a Knicks fan because Rose was his favorite player.

Look how happy he was to meet Rose. He gifted the then-Knicks guard with a Rose Atletico Madrid jersey.

He jokingly (we think) told reporters that he would only leave Atletico to play with Derrick Rose.

And Griezmann’s fandom has followed Rose to his various stops. Rose was still Griezmann’s idol when he joined the Cavs. Griezmann even remembered Rose’s birthday.

During a team photo from the dressing room, Griezmann displayed that his phone case is a photo of Derrick Rose’s face.

Griezmann really wasn’t kidding. It’s 2018, and he might be Derrick Rose’s biggest fan.