The suggestion Thierry Henry should be able to sign off with one final appearance for France in March's friendly with Brazil has been met with a mixed reaction from within French football.
Henry, 37, has declared he will leave New York Red Bulls following the end of his contract this month, and has announced he has yet to decide what the future holds for him.
The former World Cup and European championship winner, who is his country's all-time leading scorer with 51 goals, picked up the last of his 123 international caps in France's group stage defeat to South Africa at the 2010 World Cup, a tournament marred by the French squad going on strike.
With a large picture of the ex-Arsenal and Barcelona striker on its front page on Tuesday, L'Equipe began a campaign for Henry to be called up by former international teammate and current France boss Didier Deschamps for the friendly with Brazil on March 26 to give the legendary forward the opportunity to bring the curtain down on his career in a fitting manner.
"If you talk about the player, at his age it would be good because he is still playing. For everything that he has given French football, it would a nice moment for him. And that opponent would bring back some good memories," said Zinedine Zidane, who won the World Cup alongside Henry in 1998 by beating Brazil 3-0 in the final.
"As far as Didier Deschamps is concerned, it's a different point of view. It's a friendly match that needs winning, a prestigious match. He will want to put his team in place."
Former France coach Raymond Domenech, who selected Henry throughout his tenure between 2004 and 2010, said: "Titi is well-placed to know that an international appearance is not a present to be given. He has more than 100."
"He is the leading scorer, and he has never been given anything during his career, so I don't think he's expecting that. His stats speak for themselves, that's more than enough. He's one of the greats. In 20, 30 years, there are names that will be remembered and his will be one of them."
In an interview with L'Equipe published last weekend, Henry stated he wanted to see his former club Arsenal win the Champions League after failing to help them do so as a player.
A close friend of the striker, San Antonio Spurs basketball star Tony Parker, told RMC a return to North London or a place in the TV studio is where Henry will most likely end up.
"I think he will either go to Arsenal or to TV. He did the World Cup as a pundit, and he really liked it, he told me it was a good experience. I know that he also quite fancies coaching," Parker said.
Former international teammate Willy Sagnol, who has successfully moved into coaching first with the French under-21s and now with Bordeaux, expressed his hope Henry's experience would be put to good use within his native country, but that he should not play again for Les Bleus.
He said: "I don't think it would be a good idea, because he drew a line under the French national team four years ago. Knowing Thierry, I am convinced he doesn't expect that.
"When you have the good fortune to have a player like that in France, from the moment that player declares he wants to stay in football, you have to do everything for him to stay in France, that he comes back to France.
"It's his country. And even if he's never been appreciated at his true value, he's a French football legend and there are people who would like to see him come back to our country."