In ’98 the “blood tests” of some French players, Zidane and Deschamps, “revealed some abnormal levels”. This is according to Jean-Pierre Paclet, physician to the Bleus in 2004 and 2008, in a book to be published tomorrow in which he criticises the coach, Raymond Domenench. However, significantly, Paclet reveals that Zidane and Deschamps might have been exposed – unwittingly – “to doping substances” when playing for Juventus. .