James Eastham

James Eastham

James Eastham is a specialist writer covering French football. He has written for The Guardian, The Independent and When Saturday Comes magazine. He’s interviewed many leading figures in the French game, including Didier Deschamps and Kylian Mbappe. For a decade he also worked as a freelance football scout, covering games at all levels from U16 to the senior national team across France


Latest articles by James Eastham

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France United: How Deschamps made Les Bleus the perfect team for 2014

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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...

France
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Remy Cabella: 'Newcastle were interested in January - the Premier League is fantastic'

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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...

Rémy Cabella
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Roger Milla on Italia '90: "I didn't think my legs were up to it, to be honest"

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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

World Cup 1990
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Welcome (back) to Hell: Lille return for Marseille's Thauvin

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Ligue 1 The youngster felt the full force of Lille's wrath on his comeback to the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, as James Eastham reports...

Ligue 1
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How do small players make an impact?

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Mathieu Valbuena If you’re on the slight side, keep moving to leave the big fellas in a spin, says 5ft 6in Mathieu Valbuena

Mathieu Valbuena
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