It's been a bad couple of weeks for the football mad Provencaux. First France get knocked out of Euro 2008 and then horror of all horrors, it was announced today that Olympic Marseille are losing their midfield playmaker Samir Nasri to Arsenal. So what you might say?
Holiday makers see Provence in the baking heat of the summer when football is only for the suicidal. Once the heat disappears however OM fever reigns, and it will be a long cold winter without Nasri. So if you meet a grumpy Provencaux this week, now you know why. And don't mention the damage the rain has done to the cherry crop
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