The turn of the 21st century brought trouble to a club fraught with financial danger. Arsène Wenger’s legacy, one that had benefitted his predecessors, was stifled at a club teetering on the…
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With Real Madrid grabbing the Champions League crown and all of Europe’s domestic leagues over, the focus shifts to the international stage. Through friendlies and qualifiers, teams test and rotate their line-ups…
Few winners of the European Championship are as celebrated as France’s class of 2000, boasting Zidane, Henry, Trezeguet and Deschamps
French football is experiencing something of a renaissance at the moment. Indeed, the presence of nouveau riche Ligue 1 sides Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco in the latter stages of the Champions League, coupled…
As featured on Guardian Sport The Basque County of Spain is an oft-celebrated component of world football, from Athletic Bilbao and their insistence upon only fielding players from the Basque Country to the…