Julien Laurens (born 4th October 1980) is a French
football journalist and
broadcaster based in
London
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.
Career
Laurens works for the French newspaper
Le Parisien, and has featured regularly on
BT Sport
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Talksport and
ESPN
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as well as contributing regularly to ''
The Times
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'' and their podcast ''
The Game'' and ''
The Guardian
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'' and the ''
Daily Star''.
He has regularly contributed to
The Totally Football Show podcast and live shows with
James Richardson. Laurens has also been a pundit on
The Anfield Wrap.
He is a regular for the
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. He is also a regular contributor to the ESPN+ soccer show “ESPN FC”.
Laurens promised to shave his head on television if
, which they did not.
Laurens is the cohost of the “Gab and Jules Podcast” from ESPN with fellow football commentator
.