ERIC SLAMS THE FRENCH

Last updated : 29 June 2004 By editor

"I am French but I was supporting England. It's my country, I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English. I was sad Portugal won - for me that should have been the final."

"(In England) when a player is good like Rooney, they say he is good, they give him an incentive, they support him - the team-mates as well as the fans - whereas the French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone. They are arrogant and selfish and always need people to tell them they are the best."