The 17th edition of the U17 World Cup takes place in India, the first FIFA tournament held in the country, and only the 4th one held...
Miles Olusina breaks down the abilities of the canny Barcelona and France winger Ousmane Dembélé as he embarks on his new Catalan adventure. As the 2016/17...
Austin Nyquist writes, and demonstrates in detail just what makes N'Golo Kante one of the most effective defensive midfielders in Europe at the moment.
Jean-Pierre Adams is an extraordinary man with an extra-ordinary tale to tell and if you were to whisper his name outside of his home nation of...
While the football world is focused on the players being sold by Monaco, Alex Lynch has a look at how they’re sticking to their prudent transfer...
Mateus Carvalho provides a detailed scout report about Dayot Upamecano, RB Leipzig’s precocious talent. RB Leipzig is a source of utterly paradoxical feelings between football fans...
Ham Mpanga writes a detailed tactical analysis about the international friendly that ended France 3-2 England. After both nations put up sub-par performances in their World...
Nathan Staples writes a detailed scout report about Wylan Cyprien, Nice’s forward-thinking midfielder Who is Wylan Cyprien? From the French territory of Guadeloupe, Wylan Cyprien was...
Mark Ooi provides a detailed scout report about Thomas Lemar, AS Monaco’s playmaking maestro. After a spectacular 2016/17 campaign, Thomas Lemar has the world at his feet....
Football News 24/7 For the fourth season running, the Talent Radar Awards recognise the best individuals across Europe’s top leagues across seven primary categories. [Eligibility: As...
Football News 24/7 For the fourth season running, the Talent Radar Awards recognise the best individuals across Europe’s top leagues across seven primary categories. [Eligibility: As...
Eric Devin writes a detailed scout report about Faitout Maouassa, Nancy’s versatile youngster Who Is Faitout Maouassa? Born in the Paris suburb of Villepinte, home to Alou...
When it comes to the playing staff, signings are a great way to improve the squad, both in terms of quality and depth, and indeed, are...
Sam McKeever writes a detailed scout report about Presnel Kimpembe, the PSG and France centre back. France has been a breeding ground for some of the...
Nathan Staples writes a detailed scout report on Issa Diop, Toulouse’s imposing centre-back France is having a renaissance. While many have noticed the sheer amount of quality they...
Football News 24/7 James Kelly returns with Untold Declines, looking at the French side FC Istres and their short stay in Ligue 1. In the south...
Kaustubh Pandey writes a detailed scout report about Tiemoue Bakayoko, the Monaco and France midfielder. The transition that Monaco have undergone from being big-hitters in the...
Nathan Staples writes a comprehensive scout report about the young France and Toulouse goalkeeper, Alban Lafont. The team that brought you the likes of Moussa Sissoko, Wissam Ben Yedder...
Dayann C looks at the contribution of Didier Deschamps at the helm of the French National team. The turn of the year marks four and a half...
Football News 24/7 In the second edition of this annual feature, we at Outside of the Boot aim to unearth the best performing footballers from each of the...
Football News 24/7 In the second edition of this annual feature, we at Outside of the Boot aim to unearth the best performing footballers from each of the...
Ross Bramble writes a comprehensive scout report about Soualiho Meïté: Lille’s Young Mr. Dependable. Generally speaking, my 15-odd years of football fandom has centred on the English game....
Mosope Ominiyi writes a comprehensive scout report on Vincent Koziello, Nice’s talented midfielder. OGC Nice’s excellent start to the 2016/17 campaign has been particularly refreshing to see, especially...
Andrew Thompson writes a detailed Scout Report about Utrecht’s gifted striker, Sebastien Haller. France is unquestionably one of the centers for development football, and rightfully so. In my lifetime...
Being a football hipster is serious business with knowledge about the young starlet making waves for a non-mainstream mid table side often a prerequisite rather than...
Football News 24/7 Being a football hipster is serious business with knowledge about the young starlet making waves for a non-mainstream mid table side often a...
Mosope Ominiyi writes about the performances put in by Paul Pogba at Euro 2016, and how they compared with the expectations placed on his shoulders. Not...
Mladen Barbaric writes a detailed tactical analysis of the U19 Euros final match that ended France 4-0 Italy. France won the EURO after all, and convincingly...
Daniel Wong writes a detailed tactical analysis of the Euro 2016 final, which ended France 0-1 Portugal. The Euro 2016 final saw the home nation favourites...
James Sutherland writes a detailed tactical analysis about the Euro 2016 semi final that ended Germany 0-2 France. France and Germany, the two tournament favorites, met in...
James Sutherland writes a detailed tactical analysis about the Euro 2016 quarter final that ended France 5-2 Iceland. The sharks meet the minnows, David meets Goliath,...
Football News 24/7 UEFA’s decision to expand the 2016 tournament to 24 teams provoked much debate pre-tournament, so has it been a success and could an...
Copa90 continue their great coverage of the Euros as the tournament enters its business end. The format of the video is one regular viewers of the channel...
Dayann C writes about France and their chances at the upcoming Euros. He also looks at how the chaotic lead up to the tournament may affect...
With the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament just around the corner, we make our predictions as to who will win it all in France. Favorites France, (+333),...
This summer, France will host the 2016 European Championship and Didier Deschamps’ men may be the team to beat on home soil. While Brazil crumbled in...
Bill McLoughlin writes a detailed scout report about Juventus’ young winger on loan to Bayern Munich, Kingsley Coman. Who is Kingsley Coman? Kingsley Coman is only 19, but he has...
Eric Devin writes a detailed tactical analysis about the Champions League match that ended Lyon 2-1 PSG. Missing Samuel Umtiti, Clement Grenier and Christophe Jallet due to suspension and...
When it comes to the playing staff, signings are a great way to improve the squad, both in terms of quality and depth, and indeed, are...
Alex Lynch provides a detailed scout report on French striker Moussa Dembele. The last two seasons haven’t been very memorable for Fulham FC. They first got relegated...
When Debuchy arrived at Arsenal, he was a solid right back, with some attacking potential. Today, he’s the slightly shaky backup to Hector Bellerin. What does...
Liam Bekker takes a close look at Marseille’s combative young centre-back, Stephane Sparagna. The completion of renovations to Stade Vélodrome, coupled with an unsustainable market strategy,...
Who is Anthony Martial? Still only 19 despite approaching his fourth season of senior football, Monaco’s Anthony Martial is perhaps the most exciting prospect in a...
There’s plenty of excitement surrounding France’s next generation and most of it is warranted. There is no doubt that a change of guard is imminent, the...
Drawing “big picture” conclusions from friendlies, especially after a long and gruelling European campaign, can often be an exercise in futility. This is doubly true with top...
While it is foolish to read too much into friendly results, especially with both sides missing key players, Brazil’s visit to the Stade de France last...
Arsenal have been questioned about the extraordinarily high number of injuries they have had over the years and that injury list seemed to have Abou Diaby’s...
A new feature on this website is the introduction of weekly & fortnightly columns focusing on various leagues, countries and regions across the World. Rich Allen...
The image of a ‘Sporting Superman’ is how we look at our footballing legends these days but surely Eric Abidal can be considered a different kind...
Conor Patric Heffernan takes us back to the 1908 Olympics, the first Olympics where football gained popularity among the masses. While previous attempts in 1900 and...
A brand new feature on this website is the introduction of weekly & fortnightly columns focusing on various leagues, countries and regions across the World. Rich...
In October 2009, at 17 yrs, 1 month and 4 days, Gianelli Imbula took on the field for France’s second division ‘Ligue 2’ club Guingamp against...
As the World Cup draws to a close and teams, players, coaches, pundits & fans alike reflect on what was and what could have been, we...
As the World Cup draws to a close and teams, players, coaches, pundits & fans alike reflect on what was and what could have been, we...
The Germans resisted the challenge of their European counterparts and emerged victorious. Constantin Eckner analyses the victory that sends Germany through to another semi-final. At...
A regular series as part of our World Cup coverage under the Talent Radar banner is aimed at the tons of aspiring football hipsters out there....
As we enter the latter stages of the World Cup and into what will turn out to be some of the most historic games of the...
Don’t miss | France vs Germany –> 3 Key Questions –> Statistical Comparison Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer The big keeper made his return from an injury just in time...
As we move into the latter stages of the competition, we will look ahead to the enthralling encounters with three key tactical questions that could determine...
Paul Pogba lead a determined France through to the quarter finals against a Nigerian team that wasn’t going to give up that easily with Enyeama between...
As the group stage comes to an end with two teams from each remaining in Brazil and the rest heading back home, we at Outside of the...
France came into the World Cup with a lack of expectations in terms of success, but lots of expectations in correcting the tainted image of French...
A regular series as part of our World Cup coverage under the Talent Radar banner is aimed at the tons of aspiring football hipsters out there....
If there’s a man who has a more illustrious career than the entire French cirque that has descended upon Brazil this summer, it is the man...
If you’ve followed the International football scene for the past few months leading up to the World Cup, you would have learnt how certain experts &...
As part of our World Cup coverage, we have interviewed journalists, correspondents, experts & writers representing each of the 32 countries to give you, the readers, a...
“If Barca pay the buy-out clause of Thiago Silva then I will meet Messi’s buy-out clause,” this wasn’t a quote that the French media could put...
It was a season of ups and downs for AS Saint Etienne. They spent a good part of the season chasing a Champions League position, only...
A first win in 26 years, a first win in France since 1935, a win achieved without a number of key first team players, and a...