Why do so few French internationals play in France?

This draw made Bruno Soirfeck, the Chaumont president, smile at the start of the season, delighted to “receive a third of the Olympic champion team in Palestra”with Earvin Ngapeth, who came to win on October 4 with Poitiers (0-3), and Nicolas Le Goff, expected on February 22. An exceptional vintage, as the Blues are rare in France. “At a certain point in our career, leaving becomes an obligation to progress and enter another sphere”explains the sharp Jean Patry, 27, who has just started his sixth season outside France, in Galatasaray (Turkey), but dreams of wearing the jersey of Montpellier, his hometown.