
Marseille have signed Mason Greenwood and Adrien Rabiot... and they 'wanted Benjamin Mendy' - why football's most controversial club are happy to offer lifelines to stars with chequered pasts
Marseille created history when they became the first French club to win the Champions League in 1993. But just weeks later, a criminal investigation was opened against the club following allegations that they bribed Valenciennes players to underperform against them in a Ligue 1 match so they would remain fresh for their European final against AC Milan six days later. A trial took place in 1995, with Marseille midfielder Jean-Jacques Eydelie handed a one-year prison sentence and general manager Jean-Pierre Bernes a two-year suspended sentence along with a fine, while Valenciennes players Jorge Burruchaga and Christophe Robert were given six-month suspended sentences for their involvement.
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