IT WAS in September 2010 that I received an e-mail from Thierry Marchand, the head of international football at authoritative weekly magazine France Football, inviting me to be a member of a newly-assembled international jury for football’s most prestigious award, Ballon d’Or, which means the Golden Ball in French.
Pleasantly surprised by the invite, naturally I said ‘oui’.
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