Fabien Barthez -- the world champion goal keeper of Les Bleus, the French Football team, has decided to retire at the age of 35 years.
Now that his announcement is official, Barthez says that he intends to enjoy himself in football like he did when he was fifteen years old.... -- This makes one wonder about the lives of footballers -- is it all that glamorous and wonderful to be rich and famous and always in the limelight? Many people deplore the kind of money that professional sportsmen receive, but at the end of the day the stress and superficiality of the lives that they lead must be murderous.
Many believe that France won the 1998 World Cup because Laurent Blanc planted a kiss on Fabien Barthez's bald head before each game -- but then of course, the bald head and great goalkeeping aside, he also more than justified the old saying that all goalkeepers are slightly off the wall!
Barthez will be remembered for the impassioned game that he always played. -- even the popular French hand puppet show, Les Guignols, now have a latex copy of this great footballer and he is thus assured a permanent place in the hearts and minds of all French children! - and for many connoisseurs of the game he will always remain the greatest goal keeper of all time.
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