I began by playing for the biggest club in the Lorraine region, went on to the biggest club in France and ended up with the biggest in the world.

A football team represents a way of being, a culture.

Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.

Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football.

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

Messi has all the conditions to be the best, but first he has to beat Maradona, Romario and then eventually Pele.

The most skillful is Thierry Henry, he has impressed me the most. He's played a great tournament(Euro '00). He has the pace of Anelka, and the sense of Trezeguet. He's got something that no French player has ever had. He can do everything: from scoring goals, to giving assists, crossing and creating space for other players, and he fights for every ball. I've never see a player in France like him