Obviously, competitive matches are useful for a player, but it's not the be all and end all. — Marcel Desailly Copy Share Image
Giroud is the perfect team-mate and player for the France national team. — 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
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
For me, Aubameyang will be the best player to adapt to the Conte system. — 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
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
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
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
