My World Cup in 1998 was unique, it was something for all eternity. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
When you look at the French championship you ask yourself which team could make you want to return happily to France. For… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
It is possible to make a slow start and still win it - look at Spain in 2010, beaten by Switzerland in… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Didier was always a leader but a leader through the collective. He has always known how to gee his teammates up and… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
I never really had the choice of choosing France or Ghana. I would have liked to play for Ghana though, just once. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Spain, with their player development model, has been able to sustain a league that keeps all their players in the system and… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Why does everyone always think a player must completely re-evaluate the state of his career just because he has not played in… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Obviously, competitive matches are useful for a player, but it's not the be all and end all. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
We won the 1998 World Cup on home soil because we were able to bring out the positive from that pressure. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Mbappe needs time and we mustn't rush him. But I have great faith in his ability to succeed because I can see… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
In '98, we were not the best team. But after that, we had the anger to prove to the whole world we… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
In 2002 we went into the first World Cup in Asia as reigning champions and we had also added the European crown… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Honestly when you look at football when Sepp Blatter was made FIFA president in 1998, the global budget for the World Cup… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
The likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are top players. We know they have talent offensively but Capello will tell them:… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
To compete with Spain and France you have to copy the model that we have established in the clubs. You have to… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Because he knows he has the talent to change games, you get the impression Neymar wants to be the one to do… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
To experience playing with other big players, to be maybe a second choice. To face difficulty, a new language for his family.… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Playing against your club team-mate for an international match, or vice versa, is a rather strange situation to find yourself in. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
We need to understand and to trust the fact that every single time Abramovich or the management of Chelsea have been able… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
With Didier we'd started out together at Nantes, won the Champions League at Marseille and stayed in touch when he was with… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
I remember we had a terrible start to the 2002 World Cup, losing to Senegal when we were the reigning world and… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
I believe that Lampard has helped Giroud shine often by getting a lot out of him but he can't be the first… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
To win a second World Cup is super tough - just look at Spain in 2014 and Germany in Russia, like us… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Zidane is a top player and he knows that if players do not perform, there needs to be a little bit of… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
If you leave Juventus - I know Serie A is not the best league but it is a prestigious club - you… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Signing for Marseille was a dream come true. Everything that happened to me afterwards was magic. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
When you are a coach there are some keys things that you have to put aside. Like your own experience. You can… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Baba Rahman should not give up. I think he has the level to be at Chelsea as a first choice, so he… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
I was a heavyweight in the football world. You don't have of the type of players that I was anymore. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
I was one of the first black players in Italian football. But I didn't suffer any racism. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
As for money, in football there is money because we are dealing with talent. You cannot quantify - it will never stop,… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
In modern football all the teams are capable of getting organised and causing problems. The underdogs are not scared any more. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
At the same age, I would say Thierry did not have the same ability as Mbappe but he had intelligence, brain and… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Henry was perhaps more appreciated in England - I think he was a little underrated in France - but Thierry had everything… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
To experience playing with other big players, to be maybe a second choice. To face difficulty, a new language for his family. It's a… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
Honestly when you look at football when Sepp Blatter was made FIFA president in 1998, the global budget for the World Cup in France,… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
Because he knows he has the talent to change games, you get the impression Neymar wants to be the one to do that something… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
In 2002 we went into the first World Cup in Asia as reigning champions and we had also added the European crown in 2000,… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
This is the sort of situation I enjoy: a game in the San Siro, a huge crowd and a night for big men. Remember,… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
Giroud is the perfect team-mate and player for the France national team. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
As a player, Di Matteo helped build the foundations of a winning mentality that Chelsea was in need of at the time. He was… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
Smaller nations now believe in their capacity to cause problems and to challenge the traditional powers of world football. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
I'm not like those who moan about having little teams at these competitions - for me that's what the World Cup is all about. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
To compete with Spain and France you have to copy the model that we have established in the clubs. You have to start from… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
I nearly signed for Monaco because it was a more stable club. My family were in favour of Monaco. At Marseille everything is more… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
I remember we had a terrible start to the 2002 World Cup, losing to Senegal when we were the reigning world and European champions. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share
