France

Well if ever you needed confirmation that Chelsea are chasing a player in the transfer window then you are not going to get better than Jose Mourinho making a personal phone call to the target in question! It seems that the 19 year-old…

Fabio Capello may rightly admit that he had lost most of his England first-team to injuries before the game even kicked off, but the much-lauded English youngsters were found wanting when they found themselves in the spotlight at Wembley.…

The England manager Fabio Capello apparently agreed with Liverpool bosses that his captain Steven Gerrard would only play an hour of the friendly against France last night, but decided to leave him on the pitch until Gerrard limped off five…

France were ignominiously sent home from the World Cup with just a single point for their troubles, and their stay in South Africa will certainly be remembered more for the problems off the pitch than on it! South Africa scored an early…

The problems in the France training camp have been well documented already, and their two disastrous results at the World Cup have only emphasised the tensions between the players and their manager. William Gallas has boycotted the media…

France are generally thought to be one of the best teams in the World, but their continual bickering and in-fighting seems to have destroyed their confidence. They have some of the best strikers in the World in Thierry Henry, Nicolas…

France came into this competition in disarray, and with a terrible run of results that ended with a 1-0 defeat by China last week, but they were still hot favourites to win this group. Uruguay only qualified via a play-off against Costa…

The Chelsea and France winger Florent Malouda thinks that the national team are missing a natural leader like Patrick Vieira or Claude Makele before him. France has been extremely unconvincing in qualifying for the World Cup, and even more…

The Chelsea winger Florent Malouda has had a fantastic season at Stamford Bridge, and now he wants the France coach Raymond Domenech to recognise his improvement and give him the starting place on the left wing at the World Cup.…

The Chelsea winger Florent Malouda has been in fantastic form for his club this season, and now he has called on the France coach Raymond Domenech to give him the chance to prove himself for his country. Malouda is usually on the fringes…