THE LOWDOWN — THE FULL HISTORY
THE BANLIEUES
Around Paris lie the banlieues: concrete, overlooked and obsessed with football. They produce some of the world's best players.
NOT JUST FRANCE
When Ivory Coast won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, six of their starting eleven had been raised in Paris.
THE NAMES
Mbappé, Saliba, Pogba, Kanté and Zaïre-Emery all came from the same streets and the same cage pitches.
MBAPPÉ — Bondy at six, then Clairefontaine, Monaco at fourteen, then Paris and the top of the game. The suburbs built France.
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