🚨 NEW: FC Bordeaux - The Rise and Fall of a Giant 😰 Relegated to French fourth division 💣 Facing ongoing ownership struggles 📈 How do they rebuild from here? Raphaël Jucobin joins Phil Costa to discuss the demise of Les Girondins 🇫🇷 podfollow.com/1737070477

Andy Carroll doubles, former players returning, picturesque away days... ...but also crippling debts, mass layoffs, and a women's team cast aside ✍️ Wrote about Bordeaux's three-tier drop for BBC Sport bbc.com/sport/football…

Enjoyed speaking to Liam Rosenior about his first few months at Strasbourg ahead of facing PSG tonight Discussed coaching abroad, managing Europe’s youngest squad, beating De Zerbi’s Marseille, fan concerns about BlueCo’s ownership and more: theguardian.com/football/2024/…

PSG can retake top spot with a win here against Strasbourg - a makeshift lineup after the internationals notably sees Asensio return up front and Zaïre-Emery start at right-back The Alsatians looking to get a first-ever win at the Parc des Princes Coverage to come on Get French Football News

PSG looking to bounce back from their defeat in North London tonight against PSV Eindhoven - Kang-in Lee leads the line, while Fabián Ruiz takes Vitinha’s spot in midfield Coverage on Get French Football News

Big night for Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille here at the Vélodrome as they host league leaders PSG, their second-biggest rivals after Bordeaux A win in this Classique by 3 goals would see the hosts go to top

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg on Marseille’s early red card against PSG: “It didn’t help, especially against a team like PSG that keeps possession well. But I do think that we didn’t start the match as we wanted to, as we’d trained for it. We have to take responsibility.” 📷:Raphaël Jucobin

✏️ Match report and ratings from the Vélodrome last night - Marseille completely overrun even before the red card, and scarcely helped by a non-existent attack João Neves again the standout player for PSG, Dembélé did well in a false nine role but still lacking in end product

PSG with the chance to go 6 points clear at the top this afternoon, after Monaco’s defeat to Angers yesterday - Will Still’s Lens, though, only fell to their first defeat of the campaign in last week’s Derby du Nord Coverage on Get French Football News

PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 1-0 Lens: 🇫🇷 Brice Samba - 9 🇫🇷 Bradley Barcola - 7 🇫🇷 Andy Diouf - 6 🇫🇷 Ousmane Dembélé - 6 🇪🇸 Marco Asensio - 4 🖋️Raphaël Jucobin reporting from the Parc des Princes getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/player-ra…

A must-win match tonight against Atlético for PSG, now on the verge of dropping out of the play-off spots after a middling campaign so far Perhaps one of the last times we’ll see Griezmann play in France - the now-former international starts alongside Álvarez Coverage on Get French Football News

Luis Enrique on whether PSG’s chances of qualifying are in danger: “Without a doubt” On the result: “Football doesn’t reward opportunities, it rewards goals. It’s clear that we need to improve.”

Deschamps on leaving Mbappé out of the France squad again: “I had several discussions with him, I had a think about it, and I made the decision for this specific international break.” “[…] I can tell you two things: Kylian wanted to come, and it’s not about off-pitch issues.”

The Stade de France reacts to Antoine Dupont’s name as the lineups are called out - the Olympic gold medallist making his return with the XV de France tonight after a year out #FRAJPN

France kicking off their autumn campaign v Japan here at the Stade de France Les Bleus back in Paris, and Antoine Dupont back in the line-up - both for the first time since the RWC quarter-final loss Attissogbe starts on the wing as a last-min replacement for Penaud #FRAJPN

France see out a 52-12 win after a first-half flurry of tries, having somewhat dropped off in the 2nd half Doubles from Bielle-Biarrey (who was named man of the match) and Paul Boudehent, while Flament and Attissogbe went off with injuries All Blacks up next #FRAJPN

I’m making the move as well - will be posting about French football+rugby and more of my work over here from now: