A 17-year-old Emmanuel Petit lost his brother after a freak accident on the football field. Following an incredible professional career including scoring in the final of - and lifting - the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the Monaco, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona legend has shifted his focus to concussion awareness as an issue more widespread in football than some might realise. 

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

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