Who Are Ya? (Ligue 1)
Try and work out which player these 10 facts are describing.
To celebrate the recent return of French football via the Coup De France and Coupe de la Ligue, this player has plied his trade at some point in France’s top-flight.
Good Luck! (Bonne Chance!)
The Facts:
1. At time of writing (August 2020), this player is 33 years old.
2. This player recently finished his 14th season of game time in the French League.
3. His only time playing football outside of France, was in a 2-year spell in the Premier League, where he truly gained his reputation.
4. In the first of his 2 seasons in England, he claimed his club’s player of the year award, a place in the PFA team of the year and won London player of the year.
5. An injury in the 2018 Europa League meant he wasn’t considered for France’s 2018 World Cup squad.
6. According to his mother, he discovered the decision to omit him from the World Cup side through watching on television as opposed to any personal contact from Deschamps.
7. He was included in the Euro 2016 team of the tournament.
8. In the 19/20 league season, he scored 9 goals in 22 matches as his side finished in 2nd (despite the abrupt ending).
9. His 18 month spell in the Premier League was abruptly ended on sour terms as he announced his desire to return to France, meaning he isolated himself from his teammates and later claimed to be “bored of the defensive approach of the club”.
10. This player features in the video below of “Crazy Curves & Spectacular Swerves”.
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