How ONE CROSS Killed The Career Of The "Best Player In The World"

[@branx4426]

He’s not forgotten. Fifa players know EXACTLY who he is 😂

[@JJ-xi5or]

The best hero 💙

[@MartinHernandez-zg3sq]

Frrrrrrrrr

[@martinmontes5383]

his futties card in 23 was 🥶

[@FootyXsui7]

Triple threat ginola skulli😂😅😅

[@DenleLa10aZenónForros]

that motherfucker has been ruining my fut champs for 2 years and counting

[@michaelbirch5270]

"In 1999, he was named PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year, becoming the first player in Premiership history to win the award while at a club who finished the season outside of the top four."... I'd say his career went okay. Also, he won a trophy at SPURS!

[@Timsmith13911]

That’s like winning the lottery lol similar odds 😂

[@Bekzhanay]

Bale won it too though

[@mikeryan4055]

How he won that year was a joke

[@jerryoshea3116]

​@@mikeryan4055Why?

[@jerryoshea3116]

​@@BekzhanayBut with all due respect to Gareth Bale,he was playing in a time,when the tackling was 'Lightweight' at best,as well as that silly Ball they play with now! When David Ginola was playing he was producing magic (mostly as a Wing player) while the opposition were attempting to put him in Hosp! And GB was tremendous for Spurs,but he was often injured ( as he was at Real Madrid) and that's in today's game!

[@Nikolaos0603]

Fun fact: Ginola provided motion capture for FIFA 97, the first game in the FIFA series to feature 3D polygonal players. His face was on every character model so pretty much all the players in that game were just replicants of him with different skin tones and hair color.

[@joshuabrown2134]

didnt he do pes as well

[@Nikolaos0603]

@@joshuabrown2134 I don’t think so

[@casperskestrel]

Fun Fact: David Ginola is an anagram of Vagina Dildo

[@lionelb.9328]

As a French, I have to recognize and admire English pragmatism. You understood the benefits you could get from such great players . Unfortunatly, such thing in France can't happen because of our f.....g proud arrogant face. As our coq symbol, we prefer to keep our feet in the sh...t and complain instead of saying, we were wrong, sorry, let's move and get out of that crap. The whole tragedy of France that always made us lose everything not just even in football but also in History.

[@blueheaven4838]

​@@lionelb.9328Napoleon was very successful is what I learnt in school. But I am bad at history

[@legoc-3po845]

His story is pretty tragic since Ginola was always blessed with amazing quality at football and great looks but people hated him because of envy, his story is similar to Beckham but he did have the support of his teammates and manager unlike Ginola who got all the blame and insults from a simple mistake.

[@liamg88]

The key for Beckham was that his club manager and teammates supported him. After his kick on Simeone he was public enemy number one, with people burning effigies and everything. Ginola simply never had a stable, supportive environment at any club for more than, say, a season - just imagine what he might have achieved if he did!

[@nickcorleone8709]

Beckham played for himself. Ginola played for the team. Benders loved Beckham. Women loved Ginola. Beckham is a cunt. Ginola is a legend.

[@gavinbrando8255]

No one in England hated him. I remember he was just admired here and even after football he was constantly on our TV shows and was more loved here than anywhere

[@Treviscoe]

@@gavinbrando8255 Yes, I remember he was in one of the teams in "A Question Of Sport" at the end of the 90s and starred in a shampoo advert on TV - "Wash the strength back in."

[@SagaciousFrank]

Gerard Houllieir always had low cunning.

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Tales of two Davids, blessed with striking good looks and football prowess, but from two different countries France and England. Shared similar events on world stage that sealed their fate, being pariahs of their countries. Fortunately with the one David, he got the backup and protection from the national and club managers to rebuild his reputation. Meanwhile, the other David, not so much, as his (then) national manager threw him under the bus.

[@TurboGauchiste]

England's lack of world class players help when France have so many legends at disposition especially in the same period a young Zidane

[@Containerrd]

england's manager didn't stand up for beckham either, only fergie did

[@manchesterunitedno7]

@@Containerrd Yeah, my bad. Glenn Hoddle kinda dick. Threw him into wolves.

[@JDTStagg-]

Hoddle absolutely made Beckham a scapegoat. He had plenty of protection from his teammates and staff at Manchester United, but his national team manager, absolutely not

[@porfirij]

honestly, i think beckham is wildly overrated. not saying he was a bad player, of course not, but apart from his outstanding set pieces and crossing, he did not offer much to a team that other good mids of that era didn't. his workrate was average to questionable, his vision good but far from outstanding, and his decisionmaking somewhere between solid and catastrophic. he happened to play in a united squad that was outstanding and he had a manager that perfectly understood how to implement his strengths and cover his weaknesses, but if you compare him to the greats of that era, there are at least a solid 50 players i'd instantly rate higher than becks.

[@dariolivaja978]

I met him in London couple of years ago, he was class & so humble.. In his prime was a world class player and so unique..

[@JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT]

Could have been so much greater, France screwed him over

[@tidusdotexe]

He may appear humble but he's clearly not. His recent appearances on french tv show how much an asshole he is

[@Giorno._.Giovanna_aka_giogio]

wait, really? you met GINOLA !?

[@dariolivaja978]

@@Giorno._.Giovanna_aka_giogio yes

[@dnrystrgrn]

How did you meet him?

[@MrDelgrigorov]

As a bulgarian this mistake of Ginola led to the best moment's in our country's football leading us to 4th place in the World cup, Balon'dor for Stoichkov and golden boot from the World cup for Stoichkov all in one year. This is the first time I hear that they blame all on Ginola and I am stunned of entire country's stupidity! The mistake with his pass is a fact, but blaming the goal entirely on him is crazy. The passes and the speed of our attack was pinpoint accurate and happens one in a million attacks, heck it even wasn't a counter just because the entire team of France was very well positioned in it's own half and only Ginola and few more were in our half. Also the shot from that angle was pure luck to enter under the bar with that speed, you can't blame this on one player.

[@edouardplantaire1929]

"entire country stupidity" Believe me, is this case the cross Ginola did made no sense, especially for a technical player like him, it was very difficult to take the ball from him without comminting a foul. It was not Ginola fault if France didn't managed to take 1 point in the last 2 games at home, but you can't forget how stupidly he gave the ball to the bulgarian in the stoppage time...

[@MrDelgrigorov]

@@edouardplantaire1929 Yea try to read first what I ment or ask someone to explain it to you then post stupid comments. As I wrote above, his mistake is a fact but blaming everything on him is the most idiotic thing ever.

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Next world cup Bulgaria lost 6-1 to Spain

[@MrDelgrigorov]

@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 And the point is?

[@fippoprimana98]

​@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716respect, respect, respect -J.Mourinho

[@DonGuillermoQuebec]

I know that Gerard Houllier is a very respected and loved manager in English football, rightly so given what he has achieved, but from a French point of view I can tell you that many consider that what he did this evening of 93 makes him a bad person and a very little Man. Blaming one's own mistakes (being incapable of forming a group with talents that were unbelievable at the time) on the back of a 25 year old kid is inexcusable.

[@chideraalexanderdex547]

The hatred is an inate human response to people who make them feel insecure A good looking skilled footballer can make others feel bad so they impose their own insecurity on him by convincing themselves he is arrogant and proud and thinks he is better than them. They start hating to protect their ego It's exactly what they did to cristiano Ronaldo, thsy prefer humble greats because it makes them feel nice and special and they support him because he will always make them feel good by not giving himself the credit he deserves It's pathetic

[@88heiling]

@@chideraalexanderdex547 Ronaldo, the paragon of sporting vanity, lords his self-importance with the audacity of a tempest commandeering the vast, open sea. It engulfs every mortal ship of humility, leaving in its wake a barren expanse terrorized by his brash pronouncements of grandeur unrivaled. He is a gilded peacock, his radiant plumes unfurling in an ostentatious display of ego, casting an eclipse over the humble songbirds that share his stage. Each vibrant feather is an arrogant declaration, each strut, a testament to his supposed unchallenged supremacy, sweeps away all notions of modesty and shared triumph with a disdainful flicker. Ronaldo's arrogance is a towering inferno, relentless and salient, consuming the parched forests of modesty with the fury of his self-praised greatness. Amidst the smoky ruins left in its rampage, the tender buds of humbleness find no oasis. Instead, they wither, succumbing to the choking haze of his inflated self-importance. His ego, weighty and incessant like the Sahara dunes, encroach and devour the lush oases of mutual respect. It paints the verdant elegance of sportsmanship into barren scapes of haughtiness, where only the illusions of unity and camaraderie occasionally shimmer with deceptive luster. In the cathedral of his ego, Ronaldo thrones himself above all, wreathed in a halo of conceit. There, the echoes of his self-declared sanctuary turn the hallowed hymns of shared glory into discordant strains of I, me, and myself. His arrogance, a monstrous Everest, crowned by the regal clouds of self-worship, casts prodigious shadows upon the green valleys of teamwork. It's an Everest mightier than the rest, demanding attention, seeking devotion, its icy gusts freezing the tender roots of shared success and fair play. When one utters 'the best', it should be a serenade composed in honor of countless heroes whose sweat, passion, and unyielding spirits have carved an enduring legacy. Yet, Ronaldo’s solo performance rattles this harmonious symphony, transforming it into a harsh soliloquy, a narcissistic aria bellowed from the summit of his self-built pedestal. His words, dripping with hubris, tarnish the golden canvas of history, casting long shadows over the tales of many greats who have danced the dance of champions.

[@achimsinn6189]

Also from a trainers perspective - there is the entire midfield and defence behind the ball. Any of them could have stopped the counterattack with a tackle or a tactical foul. Blaming Ginola means giving them a pass on their mistakes. If a coach makes such a statement I would fire him right away as that statement basically shows he is not qualified for the job.

[@ThePipadasilva]

GH was just plain lucky. Never felt he was a good manager.

[@aftereight8341]

As a Liverpool fan, I watched all the games when he was hired as an assistant manager to Roy Evans and all the games ever since. He did a really good job at the very beginning, sorted out the problems in the game discipline, fixed the issue with bad defense, introduced some great new players to the team and everything worked properly until he got a heart attack; after that point, he returned as a completely different person. The team started do play bad and game after game, Houllier was blaming everyone and everything for the bad results. At the end, he started blaming Liverpool fans which was embarrassing and totally wrong. That period in charge of Liverpool reminded me a lot to the end days of his ending era of the France coach - which reveals that he is very bad looser - once he feels under pressure, he has no problem to blame everyone else.

[@nickcorleone8709]

The ironic thing - according to Ginola - is that when Houllier sent him on, his instruction to him was to do something to try to win the game (makes sense, as if you wanted the shut the game down with a minute to go, you’d put on a defensive player not a striker, no?!). So Ginola crossed the ball to do exactly as instructed, and yet Houllier vilified him for it!

[@conorsmith8551]

Stitch up

[@sirkjohno0129]

It's almost like Houllier was purposefully trying to get Ginola to fuck up the match just to get at him for something, especially when you explain it like that. And you're right too about the tactical nonsense around it. At 1-1 that late in the decisive match, with your country needing just a point for World Cup qualification, you don't bring on a winger to win the game, you shut up shop with a defensive mid or an extra defender and try to settle the match. As daft as it was for Ginola to cross the ball in the situation he was in, Houllier kinda didn't really help himself with that substitution.

[@klausbrinck2137]

@@sirkjohno0129 Houllier told him to try to win the match in 1 minute, and when the plan backfired unexpectedly bad, Houllier simply lied, and said, that he has told him otherwise...

[@CarlinConnolly]

Wow! I knew that Houllier blamed Ginola & Cantona for the Bulgaria result and the failure to qualify in general but i had no idea Houllier has said THAT straight after the match. No wonder he went to Newcastle and stayed in the PL - english fans loved him unless he was playing against your team! Same was true for Eric - but thanks for this... some added context to a story i knew but did not know the details.

[@martinmontes5383]

my favorite quote from this video is “the beautiful thing about Ginola’s game is that he never feared anything or anybody. And he never, ever played ugly football.” I only found out about him through the FIFA games but I believe he truly is among the best players in history. He chose the true nature of football instead of glory, despite him still getting glory. I don’t know how he won French player of the year despite being a target for all the French public. He truly was a gem that had a passion for football. I knew it once he won the premier’s player of the season despite not ending in a top four team.

[@stephenking8505]

He pretty much single handedly turned Newcastle into a title challenging team and even when Newcastle started to fade he was still playing beautiful football but the defence was leaking to many goals. The fact that he won a trophy with a poor Tottenham team when Tottenham are the laughing stock of English football for continually blowing chances to win trophies says everything about him. Truly one of the best players I've ever seen and definitely one of the most entertaining. True legend!

[@jaxnorthmusic7863]

Legend! I was a kid watching him for Tottenham when our team was trash, he was the shining light, world class and carried us to an actual trophy, top top baller.

[@evilgokudb]

Spurs still trash

[@mkamalnoor1]

No wingers like Ginola now

[@nps3b]

i first saw him at PSG, he was great,but in that match he hit the bar 2 or 3 times, somehow anticipating his kind of bad luck in soccer. He was one of my favorite players, but i expected more from him and never got the satisfaction to see him where he could ve been

[@JohnPaulSousa]

The way that this gentleman tells his stories and the fotage made me subscribe I’ve seen a couple of the stories I liked them all

[@rianfarisa]

Growing up, he’s one of my heroes when NUFC beat MU 5-0 and will forever be that way. Thank you Ginola!

[@nathanwhitefield9077]

And still lost the league to us but I’d love love it

[@rianfarisa]

@@nathanwhitefield9077 Hahaha have mercy!

[@hatefulentity5331]

Thanks for the video. He was my dad's favorite player. He loves to mention Ginola in every football conversations here & there. Of course I didn't have the chance to see him play but surely he was a massive talent.

[@Nightopian1982]

I have to admit, I never minded Houllier that much, but that comment about Ginola was absolutely disgusting from a manager. Imagine if an England manager had gone that far? I remember Hoddle said something briefly about Becks in '98, but he certainly didn't totally lambast him. What I loved about Ginola and Becks is that they didn't let it destroy them, they just got on with proving how good they were. Becks obviously won stacks of trophies at United and was one of the most committed England captains of the modern era, and as for Ginola, well the mark he left on the PL was unbelievable. Such a superb player to watch. Single handedly took apart the dominant United team of the mid-90s, and then turned Spurs into a side you actually wanted to watch. I still think one of the worst mistakes Kenny Dalglish made as Newcastle boss was getting rid of Ginola, but it wasn't surprising. Kenny liked his players that got stuck in, and Ginola was too flash for his liking. Such a pity for Newcastle fans.

[@kxnginnaearth6733]

Always a pleasure to hear about our favorite players and the ones we don’t remember

[@EvilestGem]

Lovely of you to make a video about Ginola, the guy was an absolute genius. Real talent. Loved watching him.

[@depekthegreat359]

French legendary footballer David Ginola sir is even though being humiliated,he was one of the best respective footballers of all time as he dazzled on and off the pitch,most notably,with Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur,good friends!!!Even if he is not recognisable worldwide,he is ever be remembered for his footballing career and of course,his look,good friends!!!LONG LIVE,DAVID GINOLA SIR!!!🏋️‍♂️

[@chideraalexanderdex547]

The hatred is an inate human response to people who make them feel insecure A good looking skilled footballer can make others feel bad so they impose their own insecurity on him by convincing themselves he is arrogant and proud and thinks he is better than them. They start hating to protect their ego It's exactly what they did to cristiano Ronaldo, thsy prefer humble greats because it makes them feel nice and special and they support him because he will always make them feel good by not giving himself the credit he deserves It's pathetic

[@wussup12345]

Sir please do the needful sir

[@nishalsairamgaming7892]

​@@chideraalexanderdex547true

[@depekthegreat359]

​@@chideraalexanderdex547Totally ever agreed with your reply,good friend!!!🏋️‍♂️

[@klausbrinck2137]

"Even if he is not recognizable worldwide" his face is literally the face of every single player in the first fifa game...

[@kagishomokoena2120]

Back when i was young one of my childhood friends had the nickname Ginola, some people even thought it was his real name. He was also so skillful and great footballer... RiP to my friend "Ginola"

[@matthewnicholas6365]

As an English football fan, I love him. Stitched the French team up then came to England and entertained is for years. France national team was pathetic back then, just like England were. As a Spurs fan I was ecstatic when we signed him. I don't think there's a Newcastle or Spurs fan that thinks Ginolas career was a failure. He was and still is absolutely adored.

[@snowman01]

Thank you for this upload. Spurs have had so many world-class players: Gascoigne, Klinsmann, Modric, Bale, Kane, Ledley King etc. but Ginola is still my favourite Spurs player.

[@maxmorlock697]

Him and Gazza

[@charlesjay8818]

wouldn't it be great if all those players all played in the same team..... and don't forget Sol Campbell

[@rajghoderao]

​@@charlesjay8818judas

[@Uygkuyfkutfkytfkutfv]

Same for me; he was Christmas day in a team of Monday mornings.

[@timvella1817]

Seeing Ginola run with a ball live at a match is phenomenal. As a wimbledon fan spurs done us in 2 cup semi finals and he was the difference.

[@jerryoshea3116]

As a long suffering Spurs fan, i can honestly say,he's one of the most talented players i've watched..Technique wise,with the ability to produce something special with either feet! Now if u were looking ( hoping) for him to trek back to cover in Defense, then he would disappoint,but he certainly made up for it with his overall displays!

[@stuckinbsas]

Ginola made man in raincoat a shade less intolerable.

[@ingolf82]

David Ginola is mt favourite Newcastle and Tottenham player ever... also my favourite french player, although Frank Lebouf comes close. he was so underrated in that newcastle team because of Shearer, Ferdinand, and Asprilla. As a Liverpool fan, I like Gerhard Houllier as a person, because he won us the treble in 2001 but he did Ginola dirty, but no one is perfect

[@nabeel426]

Great video man. This was informational. I had no idea of this player. Thanks for remembering him and thank you for sharing it. I really liked this video

[@markisaki979]

I remember this man was on the FIFA 98 cover, which is still the best FIFA game ever.

[@bokehintheussr5033]

ISS '98 was the best football game ever.

[@amsterdamG2G]

It was Fifa '97👍

[@donaldedwards-yu4ui]

What a player he’s. He’s the Platini of his era. They have few things in common. Handsome, Cocky, arrogant, flashy and flamboyant playboy, and also a great footballer.

[@elpeltys]

He's remembered very well in the UK. Liked by fans of most teams. And as for the ladies...

[@CarlinConnolly]

Gary Neville says Ginola is the best player he ever had to mark directly - just think about all the great Left sided players Gary faced over his career with England and with Utd in the PL & CL.

[@paulmichaelrichardson6582]

He ruined Neville everytime

[@sirkjohno0129]

As a United fan, watching the trip to White Hart Lane in 1999 back over is a bit of a sore one in that it involves Neville getting torn apart against Ginola. As clever and creative as the Arsenal left side from around 2002 was, with Neville having to deal with Henry, Pires, and Ashley Cole, I just feel there was a lot more unpredictability and trickery from Ginola. The things he could do with the football to get past defenders was incredible.

[@Fabiani930]

Well Cris Ronaldo had a similar situation in the Euro 04 final that Portugal lost at home. It was thorugh one of his ball losses (during the excessive step-over phase) that Greece got the corner kick that got them their winning goal. Imagine if people had done to him what they did with Ginola. cant even imagine to be honest.

[@diogoazevedo4976]

There is a strong French cultural thing that is to be very extreme on their love or hate for someone so, while Portugal blamed forever the goalkeeper, Ricardo, his career was not ruined by it and he even made a commercial for an aviary company (a bad goalkeeper miss is translated to a "chicken") and people were relatively cool with him

[@88heiling]

Showboating has consequence. Pendu should’ve learned his lesson.

[@edge803]

​@@88heilingstick to cricket.

[@88heiling]

@@edge803 Said the Indian, who only watches highlights.

[@shadowgear921]

​@@88heilingaverage pessi fanboy 😢😂

[@mubienkvape]

First time I saw Ginola played was when he played for Tottenham. He's style of play was magical indeed. But as i remember he's struggle with injury more times that he actually fit. But when he does, I've always wondered why player like this never got called up to national team. Now i know

[@jerryoshea3116]

At Spurs he was at the tail end of his career! Hence the injuires!

[@michaelk.jensen1611]

I dont think this video represents a balanced case for this. Thats very onesided, and i think even doesnt display Ginolas side, even though it clearly takes his side only, even that is wrong. I followed french football down to ligue 4 at that time, but i have to take some time to remember the period. The saga about Ginola ran longer than that on the national team.

[@IsakIsakov]

I'm sad that my Bulgaria 1994 WC squad cancelled this guy internationally. But France went on winning the 1998 WC and have been dominant ever since. Ginola was the Beckham before Beckham.

[@bountykilla8617]

My favorite player when he played for PSG . He destroyed Barcelona then he martyred Maldini but lost against Milan in semi-finals. One of the best players of the 90's.

[@bycorentin]

Growing up in france at the time. It’s hard to quantify how vilified he was for that free kick. Insane! Great video. He was the early days Beckham

[@bassemtabet7860]

As a psg fan, ginola is one of my favorite football player ever

[@KTK44]

What a legend. As a Liverpool fan you know that Houllier had his favorites and his scapegoats, but this is downright cruel. Ginola did not deserve such treatment. Awesome video about a fantastic footballer.

[@JoaSports]

Let me say this, you're the best Football analysis channel out there. A standard you set that we all have to follow 🐐

[@Dante__09]

Thanks for making a video on him I was asking for it for 2 3 weeks

[@tionghwitan846]

Eric Cantona, David Ginola...I will never forget the French flair in the Premier League during those days...

[@distortedkid]

the passion in your voice when you where talking about France losing to Bulgaria and Israel

[@laylamia]

Will forever find it wild how he was scrutinized for "being too handsome" and "being to focused on modeling" knowing these days it's a must for high-profile footballers to do ads,not to mention most footballers now being known equally for how they play and their good looks(Ronaldo,Mbappe,Gavi,Pedri, Bellingham etc)

[@GamerFlair]

Thats how it was in the 90s though. The marketting was there, starting to take interest, but the public didn't get it and importantly... the managers didn't either. The exact same situation played out with Beckham. The moment he made a mistake he was absolutely crucified and villified for it because everyone was looking to bring him down a peg. Ironically, despite the fact they were relatively shit as a team, I feel like it was the Madrid Galactico's that was the turning point for the whole, celeb footballer thing when it suddenly stopped being a dirty, horrible thing to be a footballer AND marketable. Alot of it comes down to control. Club's couldn't really profit off the players marketability at the time, so to them it was just a distraction, and potentially an unsettling element (if you had a player that was a decent squad player, but insanely marketable, off doing all this work that makes him more money then everyone else in the team is getting, the annoys the best players since suddenly his earning more). Real put together a model that made the club shit loads of money from the image rights. Clubs followed suit and suddenly, the media stopped hammering them for it. And when the media stopped, the people stopped, because even though everyone likes to pretend its not the case, nearly everyone is influenced by the media they consume. And that media is beholden to the football clubs, because without keeping them onside, they lose lots of thier stories.

[@calamorta]

C. Ronaldo is the only valid comparison considering those names you mentioned, though. Cristiano used to be called a choker back in the early 2010s and that he cared more about looking at himself than winning/scoring (yep, might sound weird for future people to read this). You don't see Mbappé and the others letting their ad campaigns be more talked about than their skills. Literally never saw anyone wanting to be a short skinny teenage looking dude like Gavi and Pedri, and Mbappé isn't a sx symbol either. Bellingham has good looks but he's still not popular enough to get to that level. None of them are sx symbols like Cristiano or Beckham.

[@calamorta]

​@@GamerFlairIt's important to say that even someone like Cristiano was criticized for caring too much about his celebrity status. In the early 10s, that was the case for him. He was getting mauled by a timid, weird and regular looking guy, and the public would often say "iF oNlY hE cOuLd FoCuS lEsS oN hIs FaMe". Cristiano in the 90s would suffer even more suppose because he wouldn't have Messi to push him further and playing the UCL was tougher back then (didn't win the league? Good luck playing UCL matches). But yeah, nothing like this. Beckham/Galacticos changed that (even though Beckham did receive some backlash for being worse than what his fame suggested). Ginola simply wasn't that guy as consistently as Cristiano and he played in the 90s, so he was unlucky. In the late 2000s and 2010s he would do better in this aspect.

[@Filsantos86]

@@calamortaI was going to say the exact same thing about Beckham. To this day some people still thinks he was merely a media guy but a mediocre player in the pitch. He actually was a very good player, not on the same level of Zidane or Ronaldo, but still very good.

[@homersimpson6585]

@@calamorta idk the princess and heir of spain did admit to having a crush on gavi, maybe back then they won't be seen as studs or something like that, but peoples tastes does get weirder year by year, back then most wanted someone with a 6 pack to now they'd want people that has an fboy look

[@naggyguibman7668]

Houllier can take his self-centered and immature statement and keep it in his safe at home. David Ginola will always be my favourite significant and impactful player and thank you for playing for Newcastle United. All the best to you David. Thank you.

[@燕北山前萬梅山莊主人]

After all these years I still cannot comprehend France leaving out Ginola and Cantona.

[@TurboGauchiste]

Remember me how many world cup finals France has played after ?

[@jamesjones4651]

when they ransacked the whole of West Africa and nationalized them all.@@TurboGauchiste

[@Vert-.]

This is the best football channel on yt. Amazing quality each and every time.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Superb footballer. Forget the media nonsense remember the goals. This man could play. I'm a generation with many great midfielders.

[@modoulaminceesay9211]

this channel reminds me of peak football , gives you history

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

I never forgot about him. I watched EPL weekly when I was a kid during the 90's, he was phenomenal for Newcastle.

[@PurpleHazer239]

I remember watching him play at Filbert Street Leicester. Newcastle had just beaten Man United 5-0. I feared the worst, thankfully Shearer couldn't play and we managed to win 2-0. Ginola was brilliant, I'm glad I got to see him play live.

[@DavidSmith-eh7rs]

Even as a loyal Arsenal fan, I always had respect for Ginola, despite the fact that he played for Spurs. He certainly had the talent and class to be an Arsenal player.

[@conorsmith8551]

Wenger definitely thought that too I imagine and went for Robert pires

[@aleksandarboskovski5026]

Great job sir ... Awesome video❤ ..... One of the best forgotten stories ever ❤️ 💙 ♥️ Keep up the great work you doing 👍 👏 💪

[@KostasKolias]

Look. I have to be honest. Your descriptions are like no other. You simply inspire dude. This goes beyond football. This is inspiration for life.

[@alex324ization]

As a parisien , he was my favorite players, what a team had PSG Ginola Whea, Valdo, Rai... I kept watching his performances with Newcastle and happy when England recognized and rewarded his talent more than we did. PSG had aReal team coherent nothing to do with the PSG today based on marketing. I miss these years and watching Ginola and co.

[@Thetruthmademan]

That is very true, PSG had a very talented team. You mentioned Rai, Valdo, Weah, Ginola, there was Lama the cat as goalkeeper, Vincent Guerin, Ricardo, Fournier... Seriously, is that team really inferior to what we have today?? I mean, besides the marketing added value...

[@alex324ization]

@Thetruthmademan when I wrote this I was thinking of the Messi,neymar,mbappe while Motta or Maruidi never replaced, which should have been the priorities. Anyway, today football is a joke I don't follow anymore.

[@Bekzhanay]

I'm a Spurs fan since 2010 when Bale scored a hat trick against Inter. But i didn't know that Ginola was a Spurs player and he played 100! matches for us. I found out about that from FIFA 23. And was happy and proud that one of the biggest players of France played for us and played great🇲🇫👑

[@jerryoshea3116]

This guy was fantastic! I'd say Bale was more of a Athlete & certainly benefitted from that light Ball ( which swerves all over the place) David Ginola could do all that with the older& much harder Leather Ball!

[@maxmorlock697]

You punk

[@silas0898]

Frances loss was Englands gain, he was an icon here, love the guy.

[@moussetache1815]

What people should remember (and I do for sure) is this game against Real Madrid with PSG, and David's magnificent goal, among other things. Legendary.

[@SelectCircle]

I couldn't care less about soccer. But I love well-done videos! So I subbed.

[@petarmolnar14]

Le Magnifique! I'm glad I was able to witness his prime football. What a player. Maverick!

[@fredrikkarlsson3934]

As a Newcastle fan, I never forget him

[@babarovitc]

Great video and great knowledge of french football and our epic drama in november 93 😅. Very nice work and good voice 🤣 ! From a french guy ;)

[@DailyDoseOfFootballYT]

thanks so much man, means a lot

[@mrcls7040]

i had notingh to do in my hollidays and decided to travel from den bosch , netherlands, to psg- sochaux.... first match of the season in france. since then... what a player

[@cheekers4445]

I only knew him from fifa, but goddamn what a heartbreaking career for someone so talented

[@mussao84]

Sometimes, a person like Ginola is a lucky, good-looking man who can play and be well with people. Others know who to blame, Ginola is a legend in England and I prefer him at Arsenal but tough luck, happy for him.

[@haroldrichardmodiya3701]

Ginola is the player who made me love and understand football at 7 or 8 years old, when he played for PSG. It's unfortunate he didn't win much, and yes, he faced so much injustice. I never understood why he was left out of France's squad in 96 and 98. That was so unfair! Gérard HOULIER was hailed by the French Press, but, seriously he was so horrible with Ginola. I'm sorry to say this, bit l never considered him a top manager. I just can't have a measure of respect for a man who refuses to take accountability for his actions. That's what Houlier did. He refused to take accountabiliy for a horrible qualifying campaign( the defeat against Israel crucial in knocking them out. Even against Bulgaria, 2 key losses at home). Had he not been French, who knows...

[@arkadiuszpietrak2702]

Same me pal.

[@michaelk.jensen1611]

France had equal especially at those positions. At that time france spit out mercurial talent after another year after year, i like Ginola and wanted him to play, but at no time did i think it would be a problem to leave him out, or Cantona for that matter.

[@51elephantchang]

NUFC fan here David was brilliant for us not least in the way he could trip himself up to win penalties.

[@johnny5805]

Imagine if England had treated Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle, Gareth Southgate, Paul Ince, David Batty, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Darius Vassell, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka (all players who missed penalties as England dropped out of competitions) in the same disgusting way as France treated Ginola !

[@yannicklaisne5436]

At that time, the French team was torn between PSG players and Marseille ones. It was a team made of two rival gangs and they disliked each others. Ginola made one mistake. All players do mistakes. But some mistakes are " ooups, I picked the wrong side and lost some seconds." and others are "oops, I picked the wrong side and the nuclear missile destroyed half of the country.". Ginola made that one.

[@fabienmillan46]

Ginola 1991-1999 was a world class player

[@RenCoser23]

He was an amazing hero card on fifa

[@vuoykazikolisi2103]

Can you do kermit erasmus who was ranked 18 by world soccer magazine in 2007 now playing for Orlando Pirates

[@SagaciousFrank]

He was pure quality, I'd watch football again if the sport had players like Ginola today.

[@nask0]

I still remeber as a kid watching that iconic match on Parc des Prences which sent the Bulgarian team to the Worsld Cup '94...it was simply amazing, so much emotions

[@himthatis6698]

He was only at Tottenham for a couple of years but that was enough time to buy him a place in my heart. As a player he was mercurial, dashing, entertaining, thrilling and always with a style and verve that was a joy to watch. He is right up there amongst my all time favorites, I would go as far to say in my top 5. It also helps that he always talks fondly of being @ WHL and his relationship with the supporters. So I can only see him as a great guy and Houllier as the villian.

[@gabkoost]

France butchering Ginola and Cantona's careers is a testamente to the absolute circus going on in that league during the 90s. And let's not even talk about Marseille corruption scandals. Everyday was another polemic and scandal. It was a beautiful thing. I was a young kid living 5 minutes from Parc des Princes and some of my early memories watching football was precisely that PSG team with Weah, Ginola, Rai, Valdo, Ricardo and a bunch of french internationals like Lama, Guérin, Le Guen, Bravo, Fournier etc. That squad was excellent and could play head to head vs anybody. That PSG and OM in the same league was something else. That short walk with my father heading to the games is one of my fondest memories as a kid.

[@fabienmillan46]

OM, PSG and MONACO are great teams in 90's

[@MrGorobu]

He was one of my favourites to watch, so skilled

[@tonynacion]

9:04 my brotha cooking 🧑‍🍳

[@ionutnichifor29]

i have ginola in my team on fc 24 i love him i watched some of his games and fell in love with the football with his playstyle

[@stellarsjay1773]

Loved Ginola’s play in the Prem. He added glamour and silky skills to Spurs.

[@josthefang4594]

Fifa players will never forget Ginola

[@jamalgoongus3794]

best youtuber to watch while playing fm 💯

[@ermocrate]

He’s is certainly in the top 3 player I love. Totti-Bruno Conti-Ginola. Pure emotion.

[@ermocrate]

BTW you should really tell the story of Marzico aka Bruno Conti.

[@silashug3925]

I often thought he was maldini when seeing pictures from off the pitch

[@fahmiluthfi7991]

Ginola and Cantona, French artist who bring beauty into early days of premier league, add one little italian named Zola, good memories to cherish.

[@renatofernandes3108]

Well after reading the title i expect a Dani video 😂 that time at Ajax have so many hide historys 😅

[@DailyDoseOfFootballYT]

already did it

[@RuiLuz]

In the words of Harry Redknap: "My missus fancies him. Even I don't know whether to play him or f*** him."

[@DailyDoseOfFootballYT]

iconic quote, what a man ahah@@RuiLuz

[@straygoat2]

Yes I remember David Ginola great footballer with crazy skills Paris saint Germaine Tottenham New castle Aston villa And done his career in Everton

[@Akaoni21]

I never knew about Ginola's background in France, it's quite shocking as all I saw from him was his time in England and from my memories he was much loved.

[@geoffclarke3796]

As a Spurs fan, the late 90's was a grim time as it was a boring side lacking in flair but Ginola was the one high point during this period. In 1998/99 he was on fire and unplayable at times.

[@grahamgrahamm]

lovely video from the GOAT

[@KABModels]

One of the best players i ever had the pleasure to watch. right up there with Henry, Cantona, Ribery and Zidane and why he wasnt in the world cup winning team was beyond me. The French public are lunatics for hating him for that one cross, the man was a genius.

[@arulious2814]

A video on the 2004 greece national team that won the euros would be amazing

[@Durbanite2010]

I've always had mixed feelings about Ginola. He was a brilliant player at Newcastle (my 2nd favourite team after Arsenal), but then he signed for Sp*rs. Unfortunately, that Arsenal rumour in 1995 would only be a rumour - Arsenal had just appointed Bruce Rioch and he set out to secure David Platt and still had Paul Merson in the team, both were hard-working goal-scoring England International midfielders also of similar age to Ginola and Ginola would have likely been consigned to the wing. By the time of his move to Sp*rs, Arsenal had signed Champions League winner Marc Overmars, who was devastatingly good in his 3 seasons at the Club.

[@wat5]

After all, Ginola was just in the wrong places at wrong time, everything about his career just sounded so unfortunate

[@sp33dybozohi86]

Love your videos bro. Please make one on Thomas Muller

[@AJ-qv1rs]

Love Ginola ... brought Tottenham out of the dark ages ... what an entertainer, what a footballer, what a guy!!! COYS!!

[@dripofu]

That’s legitimately insane quote from a Manager. He could have said that just directly to him in the locker room, even if it was uncalled for

[@jamessatherley2022]

I Remember him from playing for Newcastle and then Tottenham and I often wondered why such a great footballer was not playing for his country, France but that was before I heard the story and really one bad cross and your out of your national team forever and there were 7 players back to defend the counter and they failed, it's clearly not Ginola's fault he just wanted to win the game.

[@ikfarJunaidi-hx8tg]

As an arsenal fan, but doesnt have the opportunity to watch matches a lot (internet is kinda bad in those days) i think of only two ppl that i never saw playing that i think is genuinely a threat by the name only..the first is didier drogba, i dont know why, his name screams savagery to me..a tough strikers who obliterate any teams he faces..and ginola..whose name screams class..good looking and artistic plays..thr epitome of stereotype france artist in football.. Thanks for covering this extraordinary player...the world may forgot him, but i certainly did not..

[@StevenBenjaminAuthor]

As a 2nd gen Spurs fan, this guy was one of my all time fave players.

[@St4rdog]

Great player. Check out his goal against Ferencvaros.