🚨Our lastest podcast is out 🚨
@mattspiro.bsky.social previews PSG vs #Liverpool with Dan Clubbe from @theredmentv.bsky.social 🤝
@tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social talk Balogun🔥, Akliouche👌, Lille breaking Lens💔 & Lepaul quietly becoming best striker in L1!
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Tyler Morton has been fantastic for Lyon. It was great to meet the former #Liverpool midfielder who is massive talent reaping the rewards for making the bold decision to move abroad. My piece for @BBCSport ✍️ t.co/ejVxG6dWeI
Nwaneri yet to start under Habib Beye. Asked if he'll replace the injured Greenwood, Beye said: ‘He's a big talent who needs to adapt to the intensity of L1. He looks like ideal replacement for Mason but we have several quality players. He must understand he's come to a very, very high-level club.'
France have incredible depth in talent and are looking strong 💪💪
After impressive wins over Brazil and Colombia in the US, @mattspiro.bsky.social asks @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social if Didier Deschamps’ charges are favourites to win the World Cup.
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If #Arsenal are 9 pts clear having played without a top class striker all season (even if Viktor tries his best), with Saka way off form, & skipper Odegaard restricted to 13 starts, it means 2 things:
- Arteta's doing an unbelievable job.
- GK, DF & MF have been exceptional.
The rest is noise.
PSG have requested their game v Lens be postponed so they can focus on the Liverpool tie.
Lens determined to play potential title-decider as planned on April 11.
What should the LFP decide?
@mattspiro.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social discuss
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Rayan Cherki is a sensational player, but - after a strong start at #MCFC - Pep has benched him.
Is there still room for mavericks in football & could Cherki be France's next superstar?
@mattspiro.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @andpscott.bsky.social investigate 🧐
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Thanks Amy! Hope you are keeping well.
An article for BBC Sport on Gabriel Heinze and his relationship with Arteta. Thanks to Luis Fernandez, Didier Domi, Edouard Cisse and Yves Ribardiere for the insight #Arsenal #AFC #PSG www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Stakes higher than ever in Coupe de France🏆
Marseille haven't won the prestigious trophy since Papin's 1989 hattrick. Lyon last won it in 2012.
With PSG out, @mattspiro.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social ask which 1/4 finalist wants it most?
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No Ballon d’Or
No Champions League
Still the face of his era
From wonderkid to Real Madrid talisman & France captain, is Kylian Mbappé already a great? Or is this the year that defines his legacy?
@mattspiro.bsky.social @tomwfootball.bsky.social @andpscott.bsky.social
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French football nearly went bust after its TV deal collapsed in 2020.
How did it survive? And why could Ligue 1’s new model soon be copied across Europe?
Find out on this week's podcast with @mattspiro.bsky.social, @andpscott.bsky.social & Jonathan Johnson.
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Declan Rice has run the game today. Absolutely superb from start to finish #ARSSUN
Marseille are on the brink of crisis again; lose in the cup tonight and it could be time for a full meltdown.
@mattspiro.bsky.social @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social on whether De Zerbi is the man to lead Europe's most volatile club & the latest from Ligue 1.
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PSG draw another Ligue 1 team in the play-offs for a second year running. Monaco, who have lost 7 of their last 9 league games, could emulate Brest here by losing 10-0 over two legs (although it should be said that Monaco's only win in those 9 games was against... PSG).
Relegated and on the brink of extinction last summer, Lyon are now riding high in Ligue 1, dreaming of silverware and dancing to a samba beat
With Endrick on fire and looking to prove a point, Lyon are the French team to watch in 2026 🔥🔥
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Not sure which crime is the biggest committed by Marseille last night:
- Losing limply 3-0 in Bruges.
- Deciding to stop attacking in closing stages in order to ‘protect’ their deficit.
Deserved nothing more than to be eliminated by a 98th-minute goal scored by a goalkeeper 2000km away
Most of the analysis of Sunday’s Arsenal/United game seems to have been about the Arsenal fanbase. I’m hoping the supporters turn in a better performance tonight and get three points. It might help those nervy players to settle down
Luis Enrique suggested he wouldn’t be too bothered if PSG have to go through playoffs - as last season.
One factor to consider: they’re out of the cup, so only have 4 games in February (including basement club Metz at home). Would a playoff actually benefit them? #PSGNEW
#PSG look vulnerable ahead of #NUFC visit
😩 Bayern, OM, Monaco, PFC & Sporting have beaten them
❌ No Neves & Ruiz on Weds, an attack not (yet?) firing
@mattspiro.bsky.social @tomwfootball.bsky.social
& @andpscott.bsky.social on whether this PSG can defend its European title
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Watching Joaquin Panichelli play for Strasbourg and wondering why Arsenal don't have a striker like that
Mason Greenwood’s talent means he’ll be Marseille’s biggest threat to Liverpool tonight.
A pariah back home, a hero in Marseille, @tomwfootball.bsky.social @mattspiro.bsky.social & Baptiste Reynaud examine the complex Greenwood paradox in this week’s pod.
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Marseille would be a great loan option for Ethan Nwaneri. De Zerbi desperate for a creative player to play centrally behind the striker. Ethan would get plenty of game time in high-pressure environment, in front of 65,000 mad fans.
Talks ongoing, as per @david-ornstein.bsky.social
#Arsenal #OM
When you see Mamadou Sarr playing with such maturity and class in the AFCON final, does nobody at Chelsea question the wisdom of paying Rennes €60m+ for Jérémy Jacquet?
At some point you surely need to show faith in individuals. Unless it really is all about speculating and stockpiling for BlueCo.
The @frenchfootballshow.bsky.social is LIVE ⚽🎙️😍
Thanks to @jacklang.bsky.social for joining @tomwfootball.bsky.social and me to talk Endrick & Lyon 🔥
We also dissect Paris FC's stunning cup win over PSG, and pay our respects to the late Rolland Courbis 🙏
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Luis Enrique had never before tasted defeat in the French Cup. PSG, 16-time winners, hadn't been knocked out as early as this for 12 years. Paris FC's stunning win at the Parc des Princes last night was both remarkable and significant. mattspiro.substack.com/p/cup-shock-ma…
Our first pod of 2026 is live 🎧
This week, @mattspiro.bsky.social , @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social dissect Rosenior's Strasbourg > Chelsea switch & discuss the latest twists in a terrific Ligue 1 season 😍⚽
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📹 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yi...
Have enjoyed Liam Rosenior's time in France. Some words on the manager Chelsea are getting - and the mess he's leaving behind. #CFC #RCSA substack.com/home/post/p-...
France’s next generation is here: Olise, Cherki, Doué, Barcola, Akliouche.
The ammunition is there for Mbappé and co to run riot in the US - but will Deschamps finally take the handbrake off?
My latest piece: substack.com/home/post/p-...