Now debt-ridden and treading dangerously close to disappearing altogether, Bordeaux are further than ever from their heyday, spearheaded by the likes of Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana in the 1980s ...

Bordeaux is a six-time French champion that was once home to France greats Zinedine Zidane and Alain Giresse but is now languishing in the fourth tier of French soccer with debts of 118 million ...