The Chelsea Affect On Strasbourg
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Some months ago, amid a tirade of spending fortunes in the transfer market akin to someone on Supermarket Sweep.BlueCo owners of Premier League club Chelsea procured a majority stake in French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.The French club have smashed their transfer record since and hired a big-name manager in Patrick Vieira, but is all well at this historic French club since joining the Chelsea football pyramid?We caught up with French football expert James Evans (Twitter/X link - @Jevans6799) for the French perspective luckily for us James is also a Strasbourg fan.He wrote an article at the time when the news of the takeover broke which is referenced in the episode check it our here Feature | "Strasbourg isn't Chelsea" - the view from France - Get French Football News (getfootballnewsfrance.com) From displeased Ultras to what players at Strasbourg might cut it at Chelsea this episode is filled with information that is mana from heaven for us English speakers.Enjoy your festive season and follow us on twitter Euro Tales (@Eurotalespod) / X (twitter.com)
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