The new players' unflattering views on France are such a constant concern that they prompted an article in Monday's edition of the French sports daily L'Equipe about how a few might finally be coming around, more than eight months after they got to Paris.

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Serge Eyrolles, head of the French publisher's union Syndicat National de l'Edition, said he was "completely satisfied with the verdict".

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