At, 6ft 1in (1.86m) and 12.5 stone (80kg), Marcel ‘The Rock’ Desailly is more of a mighty oak or a towering redwood. But his strength, toughness and unyielding nature at the heart of some of Europe’s ...

A secret regarding one of France’s most capped footballers has been revealed following the results of a DNA test. Marcel Desailly has been confirmed as the father of a 10-year-old girl after tests ...

© Mark Thompson /Allsport/David Ramos/Getty ImagesMarcel Desailly of France during the 1998 World Cup and Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid. Kylian Mbappé stood out at a ...

Chelsea legend Marcel Desailly believes Eden Hazard retired too soon but does not blame the Belgian for stepping away from the sport when he did. Hazard wrote himself into history as one of the ...

World Cup winner Marcel Desailly has named his greatest ever France XI, but he has not picked himself in the back four. Former centre back Desailly, who won 116 caps for his country between 1993 and ...

Be naive like England and you will lose to Iceland! That’s the stark warning from Marcel Desailly as France prepare to face Roy Hodgson’s conquerors in the quarter-finals in Paris tonight. Desailly’s ...

AC Milan great Marcel Desailly insists his former side need to sign 'leaders' if they want to return to the top of the game. The San Siro club have splashed out this summer following a takeover by a ...

Juventus are going into Saturday’s Champions League final against Barcelona as the underdogs according to many observers, and it would appear France legend Marcel Desailly agrees. Desailly, who won ...

Chelsea sit 13th in the table with just three wins despite spending £1billion under Todd Boehly MARCEL DESAILLY reckons former club Chelsea are struggling to impress for one key reason. The Blues sit ...

Marcel Desailly is the man who won everything as a player – but hardly anything in six years with Chelsea. Lifting the World Cup with France in 1998 was followed by Euro 2000 glory, there were back-to ...

Last Friday was the 50th anniversary of the French-Ghanaian player born on 7 September 1968. This is the career of a footballer born in Accra but became a legend in Paris, Marseille, Milan and London ...