Fabien Barthez was one of the most iconic and instantly recognisable footballers of recent decades with success throughout his club and international career. Nicknamed Le Divin Chauve (The Divine Bald ...

<p>When France lifted the World Cup in Paris two years ago, Fabien Barthez said he cried for the first time in his life. The new Manchester United goalkeeper might have wept again after 90 minutes ...

Fabien Barthez had offered to invest his own money in a bid to see Luzanac re-join the National division. PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/Getty Images Fabien Barthez has confirmed his dream of seeing Luzenac play ...

Enforced absence from the game is torture to any footballer. For Fabien Barthez, the last few months have been, in his own words, 'useless'. Strange months they have been, too. The French goalkeeper ...

Imagine that you are a first division goalkeeper with a positive World Cup experience. What would your reaction be if you got an offer from a tiny team that plays in a village of 650 inhabitants? For ...

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez announced his retirement from football on this day in 2006 – although it proved not to be the end for the 1998 World Cup winner. The mercurial ...

FABIEN BARTHEZ was one of the most recognised footballers in the world in the late 1990s. His iconic bald head being kissed by French team-mate Laurent Blanc at the 1998 World Cup is a memory that ...

In the same week that Manchester United Coach Alex Ferguson sang the praises of American goalkeeper Tim Howard to the rafters, Fabien Barthez, the man Howard replaced at Old Trafford, showed that his ...

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has been banned for three months for spitting at a referee, meaning he will be available for France's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers. Barthez ...

Former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has announced his retirement. Barthez, 35, has been without a club since he left Olympique Marseille at the end of last season. He won the World Cup with France ...

NO WONDER Sir Alex Ferguson is speechless. Startling gaffes by Fabien Barthez, who suffered a calamitous afternoon before a crowing North Bank, and Gary Neville gifted Arsenal victory over Ferguson's ...

The former goalkeeper won two Premier League titles with Manchester United alongside World Cup and European Championships success with France before embarking on his new career Can United mount a ...