As president of Marseille, Bernard Tapie built one of the greatest teams France had ever seen, winning four league titles in a row between 1989 and 1992, a Coupe de France and the 1993 Champions League. Those glory years were brought to a sudden halt by a match-fixing scandal involving Tapie. In this extract from Tom Williams’ new book, Va-Va-Voom: The Modern History of French Football, we can see how the story began…
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