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Originally Posted by Galaico
You're right, Piadmontese, there's not a single good French player  |
Ribéry (although he converted to Islam, probably one of the best players in World Cup 2006), Sagnol, Coupet, formerly Barthez. In 1998 Laurent Blanc, Didier Deschamps, Emmanuel Petit, Christophe Dugarry, ... (I don't count Lizarazu)
Also, Platini's mother was from Lorraine, though his father was indeed Italian.
And just look at the French team during Platini's era (1980-1986 with Bats, Papin, Giresse, Battiston, ...), they were all "White" but one staff member :
