“The desperation shown by some of Ligue 1’s high rollers this season could become infectious, with the need for European football greater than ever. Inevitably, some clubs will leave the casino empty handed.” ✍️ on L1 sides gambling for Guardian x @GFFN www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Comparisons with Mbappé & Neymar are logical but Doué isn’t some pastiche of PSG past. As his former coaches, Julien Stéphan and Sylvain Letang told me, he embodies a different ethos entirely. ✍️ for @theguardian.com x @gffn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I made a trip back to the UK for a chaotic week of European football: 2 games, 14 goals, one elimination, one qualification. ✍️ on the respective lessons learned - or not - for PSG and Lyon for @theguardian.com x @gffn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“A few weeks after Paris handed the Olympic torch to Los Angeles, Olise received his first senior call-up from Deschamps and, unbeknown to almost everyone, there was another passing of the torch.” ✍️ On Griezmann’s heir for @theguardian.com x @gffn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

“There was an unease in what felt like a near-reality, a sort of lucid dream in which the conditions of a real football match were being mimicked but not sufficiently to trick us into believing it was real.” ✍️ on an odd night in Nice for The Guardian x GFFN www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A pleasure to spend an hour with an open and impassioned Adi Hütter talking all things #ASMonaco: from the uniqueness of Akliouche to an anecdote about 18-year-old Zakaria, with whom Hütter is working for a 3rd time. ✍️ latest for The Guardian x GFFN www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A busy past month around the grounds topped by 6 games in 12 days at the end of the month! 📍 Stade Louis II, Monaco (x2) 📍 Allianz Riviera, Nice (x2) 📍 San Siro, Milan 📍 Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Cannes

An interview with Marseille’s comeback-king Luis Henrique, who ranks among the most efficient Brazilian forwards in European football. I understand that his progress has not gone unnoticed by Premier League sides. ✍️ @theguardian.com x @gffn.bsky.social

🚨 NEW: Olympique Lyon - Where Did It All Go Wrong? Great chatting with @lukeentwistle.bsky.social about Les Gones, who are facing issues aplenty. 🤯 Shock defeat to fifth division side 💥 Being threatened with relegation 🇺🇸 Turbulence under Textor ownership Have a listen! podfollow.com/1737070477

My latest on Lens & Will Still, who in spite of the imposition of an austere regime at the club & the sales of key players, including soon-to-be Man City CB Khusanov, is upholding RCL’s compromised sporting ambitions.

🗞️ | Today’s @theguardian.com x @gffn.bsky.social: Haise working miracles at home but Europe a bridge too far for Nice. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Decrypting the success of AS Monaco’s prestigious ‘La Diagonale’ academy with input from CEO Thiago Scuro, Academy Director Sébastien Muet, and Academy Manager Djimi Traoré. ⬇️ ✍️ for BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

FEATURE | Monaco & Arsenal - masters of their craft. 🖋️ @lukeentwistle.bsky.social reporting from London www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/feature...

“When Luis Enrique speaks, there is an increasing sense of separation between discourse and reality […] there is only so much longer that the PSG manager can hide behind vague notions of project building & “optimism”. ✍️ for @theguardian.com x @gffn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

An atmospheric morning in La Turbie ahead of tomorrow’s #UCL encounter against Benfica. AS Monaco almost back to full strength with Folarin Balogun potentially making his return. Krépin Diatta the only major absentee for Les Monégasques.

FEATURE | "Golden Boy" Maghnes Akliouche (22) knocking on Didier Deschamps' door. 🖊️ @lukeentwistle.bsky.social www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/feature...

Brest are flying high in the Champions League but that certainly isn’t the case in Ligue 1 with Eric Roy even evoking the need to stave off relegation after a 3-2 defeat to AS Monaco. ✍️ @lukeentwistle.bsky.social reporting from Monaco. ⬇️ www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/eric-ro...

FEATURE | Sofiane Diop (24) making a "fresh start" at OGC Nice after injury hell. ✍️ @lukeentwistle.bsky.social reporting from Nice. www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/feature...

Brest’s Grégory Lorenzi is the latest name to be linked to the soon-to-be vacant sporting director role @ Arsenal. For Arsenal fans looking for background, you can read my interview with Lorenzi, the orchestrator of Les Pirates’ meteoric rise, from last season ⬇️ amp.theguardian.com/football/202...

Three things we learned as France pip Italy in the Nations League 🔥 Lucas Digne - digne de sa place 💪 A midfield balance re-discovered ❓ Papering over the cracks? 🖋️ @lukeentwistle.bsky.social www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/three-t...

Great to join @philcosta.bsky.social again to chat all things Ben Seghir: who he is, where he came from and where he’s going.

👀 Two L’Équipe references in two days. 🗞️ Franck Haise’s response to my question on his tactical flexibility was the subject of a piece on OGC Nice yesterday and a reference to my piece in The Guardian on Auxerre’s hot form today.

Salut ! Like many, I’m migrating over to this site. I’m a freelance journalist, based in Nice. I cover Ligue 1 as editor-in-chief at @gffn.bsky.social and my coverage can also be found on @guardian.extwitter.link and World Soccer Mag. ✍️ For a little taster, here is my latest for The Guardian ⬇️