France may be the country that 'invented' the revolution, but even by their own high standards, the machinations of the Ligue 1 close season have almost been on an equal footing with anything that kicked off in 1789. Off-field intrigue involving ministers of state, the threat of a players' strike narrowly averted, the figurative guillotine falling on a host of bosses and all the usual hustle and bustle of the summer transfer window have meant there is more than your usual fair share of column i ...

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