Matt Forde and Alex Brooker speak to 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit all about the role of superstitions in his professional career and how prevalent they are across football.

Petit reveals how his own career was ended after suffering bad knee injury shortly after encountering some black magic on St Tropez beach.

He tells us why it's bad luck to touch the World Cup trophy, or any trophy before you have won it.

And he tells us why he believes certain aspects of his career and footballing journey were pre determined from an early age.

Plus, Alex tells us which Arsenal hero he had a poster of on his university wall and talkSPORT's very own Charlie Baker tells the guys the unluckiest experience he ever had when performing live.

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