James Gheerbrant
@jamesgheerbrant.bsky.social
Sportswriter for The Times and Sunday Times. Football, features, Europe, Friday column. French and German speaker.
In England we tend to see half-time interviews etc as part of an unwanted Americanisation, but is football, as the the Lens midfielder Adrien Thomasson eloquently argued, too mistrustful of any opening-up, & not mindful enough of the TV audience? This week's column: www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
August 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
In England we tend to see half-time interviews etc as part of an unwanted Americanisation, but is football, as the the Lens midfielder Adrien Thomasson eloquently argued, too mistrustful of any opening-up, & not mindful enough of the TV audience? This week's column: www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...