It’s crazy to think that France 98′ happened twenty years ago. That was a truly amazing World Cup with the hosts winning it with a 3-0 win over then reigning champions Brazil in the final. Now we have another World Cup this summer, this time in Russia, and it could be the French side’s best chance […]
Posted on May 18th, 2018 by scott
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Chelsea are going to have to deal with the next few games without Frenchman N’Golo Kante in their midfield. The key holding midfielder was one of the club’s star turns last term as the ‘Blues’ romped home to the Premier League title. But during the international break the ball winning central midfielder suffered from a […]
Posted on October 11th, 2017 by scott
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Recent newspaper reports suggest that Southampton could be ready to make a move for Liverpool’s Mamadou Sakho. Saints captain Jose Fonte has supposedly handed in a transfer request and a replacement will need to come into the squad and fill that big gap. I don’t see the point in keeping the thirty-three year old if he’s […]
Posted on January 7th, 2017 by scott
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It’s not often we get to January and you find a French internationalist reach the last six months of their contract. But unfortunately for Stade Rennais FC that’s exactly the predicament they find themselves in with their exciting left winger Paul-Georges Ntep reaching the end of his current deal. Premier league clubs should have scouts in Brittany and […]
Posted on January 3rd, 2017 by scott
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It took a bit of time but France finally put Albania to the sword and came out the game as 2-0 victors. The hosts of Euro 2016 are now safely through to the knock-out stages with a game in hand. Much has been made of French coach Didier Deschamps decision to drop two of his […]
Posted on June 16th, 2016 by scott
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Euro 2016 started off with a bang last night as hosts France finally saw off Romania’s challenge in the Championship’s opener, with Dimitri Payet scoring a screamer in the last minute to secure the victory. Payet was the hero, he was the subbed off to a standing ovation and cried tears of joy as he […]
Posted on June 11th, 2016 by scott
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History tells us that France like hosting an international tournament, having won the Euros in 1984 and the World Cup in 1998. So Didier Deschamps and his squad will have a lot of pressure on their shoulders as France host this year’s European Championships. The squad are well fancied with plenty of top performers in […]
Posted on May 20th, 2016 by scott
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Football fans planning to watch Euro 2016 in France this year may want to take a look at Uefa’s stadium rules as there are a number of things that are prohibited from being taken into the stadiums. The usual suspects appear – fireworks, flares, gas spray cans, flammable substances, laser pens, drones, offensive banners or […]
Posted on April 29th, 2016 by scott
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So this week Mathieu Debuchy has come out and said that he’s ‘a little bit annoyed‘ with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after he blocked a move that would have seen the right-back sign for Manchester United during the last day of the winter transfer window. I am struggling to see what his problem is here because […]
Posted on February 18th, 2016 by scott
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Crystal Palace could be set to step up their chase for French internationalist Yohan Cabaye. Palace chairman Steve Parish has confirmed to Talksport that the interest in a top player was high on their agenda this summer: “There’s definitely one we would like to do. It would be a massive thing for the club obviously,” […]
Posted on July 6th, 2015 by scott
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