"I feel quite guilty as I didn't vote,", he told PA sport, "When you see these kind of things happening, if you multiply my attitude by 180,000, it takes Le Pen out of the top two."

"I don't know whether the Arsenal players voted, although I don't think so as it's quite complicated when you live abroad. You must go to the embassy and wait for three hours to get a stamp. "

"It was a huge shock for me though as we are ready to teach lessons to everyone politically and then we got a big blow. France is the country of human rights but we have woken up with a headache now."

"The French national team has helped us forget we have a problem in France as it is so multi-cultural. It says that we have no problem with immigration or integration as some players come from Africa and others from the Caribbean. The French national team contributed to hiding the problems as it was used as a symbol of successful political integration of people coming from different countries. But it hasn't worked..."