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
Maxime Bossis was the complete defender. Great agility, and with his long legs he was speedy, very quick. Strong physically when he… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Mbappe can play down the middle but he is the world champion from being out wide. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Del Piero, I didn't ever really want to play against him. Inzaghi was also this kind of player who doesn't give you… — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
One is never 100 per cent motivated. In winter, when it's raining and you have to go and play a small team… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Giroud is the perfect team-mate and player for the France national team. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
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 Image
Smaller nations now believe in their capacity to cause problems and to challenge the traditional powers of world football. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
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 Image
