THE GFFN 100 2020 | TEN to WATCH Mohamed-Ali Cho | 16 | Angers SCO
The GFFN 44 Zinedine FERHAT Club: Nîmes Olympique Born: 03/03/1993 Position: Forward At Club Since: 2019 League 100Apps 2020: 21 2020 In a year unlike any other, we’re happy and proud to have come together to bring you the Get French Football News 100 2020. In a year when many may have endured heartbreak, loss, dejection, and grief in very real terms, putting what has happened on the football pitch in stark relief to the world around us. It is true, of course, that what we should be prioritising in a difficult time is our mental and physical health, as well as that of those around us, rather than football. But even if there are more important things in life (and there are), we should also acknowledge the positive role that sport can play in our lives. Even if virtually, fandom brings us together, connecting us with a global network of supporters, each of us as eager as the last to debate the merits of Memphis Depay, agonise over Dimitri Payet’s inconsis- tent form, or get into a lather over how Kylian Mbappé — isn’t — top of this list. To that end, we welcome debate and conjecture over these players rankings and inclusions, albeit with the caveat that with such a small sample size (most French-based teams played just 26 League Apps 2020), there is necessar- ily more variance, and a good (or poor) run of form stretching a half dozen matches or so can have an outsize effect on a player’s placement. Still, though, this was once again an enjoyable exercise in what was an historic year for French football, given the success of Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions’ League.
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