Latest articles by James Eastham
Georgia on their mind: How a Frenchman, Englishman and local genius are taking Euro 2024 by storm
Tournament debutants Georgia are through to the last 16 at Euro 2024 - here's how they got this far
Ligue 1 Season Preview: Is this the most French title race for years?
It's FourFourTwo’s Ligue 1 Season Preview: PSG made it a record-breaking 11-in-a-row last season and they’re fancied to make it 12, even without Lionel Messi
10 Ligue 1 players who'd make fine Premier League buys – and who they'd suit
Premier League France has proved a fertile hunting ground for Premier League clubs in the past and, as James Eastham explains, there are some intriguing talents being targeted across the channel this month
How do small players make an impact?
Mathieu Valbuena If you’re on the slight side, keep moving to leave the big fellas in a spin, says 5ft 6in Mathieu Valbuena
9 Ligue 1 players who could be Premier League-bound – and who they'd suit
Ligue 1 James Eastham picks out a handful of France-based stars who could cross the Channel in the winter window
France United: How Deschamps made Les Bleus the perfect team for 2014
France Didier Deschamps' France have caught the eye more than most in Brazil. James Eastham explains how the captain of '98 has lifted the gloom that previously hung over Les Bleus...
FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.26, Kylian Mbappe
FFT100 Talk about bursting onto the scene: the teenager turned heads across Europe – and became the second-most expensive player in history – with his scintiliating performances in Ligue 1 and beyond
FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.10, Edinson Cavani
FFT100 The Uruguayan suffered from the domineering presence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Paris, but then enjoyed a monstrous 2016/17 leading the line for PSG – and hasn't eased off since
Welcome (back) to Hell: Lille return for Marseille's Thauvin
Ligue 1 The youngster felt the full force of Lille's wrath on his comeback to the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, as James Eastham reports...
FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.3, Neymar
FFT100 An eventful year for the world's most expensive footballer, but for all the right reasons going into a huge 2018 with club and country
FourFourTwo’s 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2017: No.6, Leonardo Jardim
FFT 50 Managers He's been quietly achieving for a number of seasons, but 2016/17 was the best yet for a manager whose Monaco side toppled mighty PSG and played swashbuckling football en route to a Champions League semi-final
Roger Milla on Italia '90: "I didn't think my legs were up to it, to be honest"
World Cup 1990 The Cameroonian icon tells tells James Eastham how he went from amateur football to World Cup legend – at the age of 38
What's happened to Monaco? Why struggling Thierry Henry is still searching for his first win
Ligue 1 With only seven points on the board after 13 games, Les Monegasques are in the Ligue 1 relegation zone and their new manager is suffering. James Eastham gets to the root causes
Remy Cabella: 'Newcastle were interested in January - the Premier League is fantastic'
Rémy Cabella James Eastham catches up with Montpellier midfielder Remy Cabella to discuss winning the league, those Newcastle rumours and why he's used to dealing with eccentric chairmen...
Dimitri Payet: How to be a playmaker
Dimitri Payet The West Ham playmaker explains the method in his magic, so you too can evade defenders and rack up assists
Paul-Georges Ntep: I turned down QPR last year – but I’ve always liked English football
Talentspotter James Eastham chats to Rennes' Liverpool-linked wing man about upping sticks from Cameroon, tearing up Ligue 1 and moving to the Premier League...
Everything Arsenal fans need to know about record signing Nicolas Pepe
Talentspotter The Gunners have made him their record signing in a £72m deal – and James Eastham explains why it might just be money well spent
Unpopular Opinion: PSG are NOT a plastic super club, you fools
Unpopular Opinion They ain’t got no history? Au contraire! says James Eastham
Who is Malcom? Meet the Brazilian winger Arsenal want to replace Alexis Sanchez
Talentspotter James Eastham introduces you to Malcom, Ligue 1's fleet-footed midfielder who's attracting the attention of big clubs across Europe
Why France might actually be in deep trouble ahead of Euro 2016
France They might have a star-studded attack, writes James Eastham, but a defensive migraine is the big issue that’s impossible to ignore...
Why Blaise Matuidi is the key player for France's World Cup hopes
Talentspotter James Eastham assesses why Blaise Matuidi could be the key man for France as they head to Brazil looking for World Cup glory...
Why Premier League clubs are queuing up for Clement Grenier
Clément Grenier The Frenchman has been the subject of longing glances from Newcastle United in the final days of the January transfer window. James Eastham takes a look at one of Lyon's star men...
9 Ligue 1 stars who’d make ideal Premier League signings – and the clubs they’d suit best
Premier League From World Cup winners to versatile attackers, James Eastham picks out the finest available players in the French league this summer
PSG vs Marseille: The derby that no longer matters
PSG The Ligue 1 champions go into this weekend's Coupe de France final as overwhelming favourites but, as James Eastham explains, their rivalry with OM used to be meaningful and intense...
World Cup icons: Zinedine Zidane heads France to victory – but doesn't change society (1998)
World Cup 1998 Ahead of FFT's France 98 World Cup Final watchalong this Saturday, we remember Zinedine Zidane's extraordinary contributions in that tournament, and French society's reaction to the victory
