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Julien Laurens

Julien Laurens

French football journalist

Julien Laurens (born 4th October 1980) is a French football journalist and broadcaster based in London.

Laurens was born and bred in Paris.

Career

Laurens works for the French newspaper Le Parisien,[1] and has featured regularly on BT Sport[2] Talksport[3] and ESPN[4][5] as well as contributing regularly to The Times and their podcast The Game,[6] The Guardian[7] and the Daily Star.[8]

He has regularly contributed to The Totally Football Show podcast and live shows with James Richardson.[9] Laurens has also been a pundit on The Anfield Wrap.[10]

He is a regular for the BBC[11] and on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Euro leagues show with Mina Rzouki, James Horncastle, and Raphael Honigstein.[12][13] He is also a regular contributor to the ESPN+ soccer show ESPN FC. Laurens promised to shave his head on television if Arsenal FC lost a Champions League tie against Ludogorets, which they did not.[14]

Laurens is the cohost of the Gab and Juls Podcast from ESPN with fellow football commentator Gabriele Marcotti.

He was included amongst the most influential Twitter users in the UK in association football.[15][verification needed]

Personal life

Laurens is a supporter of Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal.

In 2020, Laurens was invited to Brazilian forward Neymar's lavish birthday party in Paris, complete with all-white dress code.

References

  1. [1]
    "Julien-laurens - Toute l'info sur Julien-laurens - Le Parisien". leparisien.fr.
  2. [2]
    "Author Bio - Julien Laurens". Sport.bt.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  3. [3]
    "Julien Laurens".
  4. [4]
    "Julien Laurens Joins FC". ESPN.com.
  5. [5]
    Winterburn, Sarah (30 April 2016). "Football people on TV: Julien Laurens". Football365.
  6. [6]
    "United aren't showing intelligence of a Mourinho side". The Times. 19 September 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Julien Laurens". The Guardian.
  8. [8]
    "Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho held talks with PSG - Julien Laurens". 16 October 2017.
  9. [9]
    www.manta9.com, Hazlitt Eastman. "Totally Football - Off The Kerb Productions". offthekerb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. [10]
    "Gutter Special: Julien Laurens Inside Track on Liverpool's Move for Adrien Rabiot". 2018-09-06.
  11. [11]
    "Conte needs to stop complaining about money - Horncastle, In Short - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  12. [12]
    "Euro Leagues Football Show - Downloads - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  13. [13]
    "Euro Leagues Football Show - Episode guide - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
  14. [14]
    "BT Sport's Julien Laurens makes BOLD bet ahead of Arsenal vs Ludogorets". Daily Mirror. 19 October 2016.
  15. [15]
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