France

From the brilliant and the sexy to the romantic and the tragic, French football has a history as rich and varied as anywhere on Earth - and a number of stories all-too-rarely rarely divulged in English.

Behind that stunning new Zizou cover and featuring legends like Thierry Henry, Eric Cantona, Ronaldinho, Youri Djorkaeff and Michel Platini, the Le Havre and Clairefontaine academies, and a host of iconic teams, this is 140 pages of pure Gallic joy.

Featuring:

• The making of Thierry Henry
• Paris Saint-Germain before the petrodollars
• The glory of Saint-Étienne
• 1984: Le Carré Magique
• Ronaldinho and Okocha: the PSG diaries
• Clairefontaine: the dream factory
• Robert Pirès
• Michel Platini: the genius and the crook
• Eric Cantona
• The secrets of Le Havre's academy
• Youri Djorkaeff
• The two worlds of Le Classique
• The reinvention of Monaco
• David Ginola

Order now to avoid missing out: every other issue has sold out prior to dispatch and once they're gone, they're gone.

Projected dispatch: 24 January