On the agenda for this weekend: OM-PSG! A match that must evoke memories...
"The first thing that comes to mind is the pressure, but the right pressure. I was a young player when I played in the Classiques. It also reminds me of my young years at Sochaux. I was a Paris Saint-Germain fan and when we watched the PSG-OM matches at the youth academy, there was a great atmosphere. In the TV room, there were two camps. All those who were for Paris sat on one side and those who were for OM sat on the other. Later, when I had the chance to play in these matches, I thought back to that time and I said to myself that I had to give it my all, that it was a childhood dream come true. And I even was even lucky enough to score!"

Where do you rank that goal among the great moments of your career?
"I have a lot of great memories but, in France, that's the best one (2-1 win in November 2010). Scoring against OM at the Parc des Princes, in a roaring stadium... Every day for the following week, people talked to me about that goal. Even the coach, Antoine Kombouaré, who was a great Paris player, teased me. I remember that after that match, I couldn't sleep all night."

Was the preparation for these matches between PSG and OM different from that before other matches?
"During the previous week, we analysed our opponents perhaps even more. And for us, the strikers, it was tense. There was a lot of competition and everyone wanted to play, obviously. I got on so well with Guillaume Hoarau, and we were so motivated that it went perfectly for us that day. We won and we both scored, Nenê gave us the two goals... Extraordinary. Maybe people have forgotten that Classique, but I'll never forget it. At that time, it was often OM who won..."

'Galtier? Possibly one of the best coaches in the world'

You knew Christophe Galtier when he was an assistant at Sochaux in 2006-07 and then as head coach at Saint-Etienne between 2013 and 2015. Have you seen him develop over the years?
"At Sochaux, he was very close to the players as an assistant. He knew what was going through the players' heads, those who were playing as well as those who were not. That's what made him strong. He became the number one coach at Saint-Etienne and it was a bit strange when I met up with thyme again. I had to call him 'coach' whereas I used to call him 'Christophe' when we were together at Sochaux and he was Alain Perrin's assistant. Sometimes I didn't understand it but he didn't mind [laughs]! Christophe Galtier is an extraordinary person when it comes to human relations. He knows the players inside out. He is interested in you, your family, your life, your training sessions, everything! What's good about Christophe is that you can go and knock on his door if you have a problem. For me, he is one of the best French coaches, maybe even one of the best coaches in the world. He deserves to be at the top."

Is he the coach who has had the biggest impact on you?
"I've had a lot of coaches, including Fatih Terim, who is a legend in Turkey, but Christophe Galtier is still my role model among coaches. If I become a coach one day, I'll take him as an example. He's a real coach, a coach who has class, whether it's when he talks to the media or the players. He even has class when he gets angry!"

What do you mean by that?
"I remember one day at Saint-Etienne when he called me in to his office with the other striker in the team, Ricky van Wolfswinkel. He gave us the hairdryer treatment... He told us we weren't performing well enough and that woke us up! The following week, one of us scored. When things were going well, he talked to us and when they weren't going well, he talked to us too. That's what a good coach does to manage his squad."

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