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A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of renaming stations in honour of footballers. The "Gareth Southgate" example is copied in Paris and Brussels:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44845752The French coach's name features at two stops. Notre-Dame des Champs becomes Notre Didier Deschamps while one of the central stops is renamed Deschamps Elysées-Clémenceau.
Victor Hugo station was being temporarily changed to Victor Hugo Lloris, after the France goalkeeper, while Bercy was being renamed Bercy Les Bleus, and Charles de Gaulle-Etoile was changing to On a 2 Etoiles (We've got 2 stars)
Brussels changed Arts-Loi to Hazarts-Loi, in reference to Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard. Belgium won third place at the World Cup and the team enjoyed their own heroes' welcome in the centre of Brussels on Sunday.