Nice: An Overlooked Renaissance On The French Riviera

Amine Gouiri may get the plaudits, Andy Delort the respect, but an emerging talent emanating and shining brightly in Nice is a dynamic 20-year-old Khéphren Thuram.

The son of former French footballer Lillian Thuram and the younger brother of Borussia Monchengladbach, forward Marcus Thuram, Khéphren is becoming a cornerstone of The Gailter Garrison at the Allianz Riviera. 

Galtier, a former Lille player who began his career at Marseille and also had spells at Toulouse, Angers, Nîmes and Monza, went into management a decade after hanging up his boots at the conclusion of a season spent in China with Liaoning. The Nice manager is burnt into the minds of Ligue 1 lovers as familiar as a rainbow’s arc.

He is the reigning Ligue1 Champion winning manager having won the league with Lille last season, the magical Galtier is proving to be an idyllic & astute mentor for Thuram, the trajectories of the master and apprentice are eerily similar.