Former Crystal Palace defender Mahmadou Sakho is enjoying his football with Montpellier.

Sakho joined MHSC earlier this season as a free agent after coming off contract at Palace in June.

He said, “I'm happy to be here, there is a very good group. Personally, I feel good. Physically too, I worked a lot.

"The project played a big role in my coming here, it spoke to me directly. The image I had before arriving here, that of a family club."

Sakho, 31, admits he retains hopes of breaking back into the France squad.

“If Les Bleus were not in a corner of my head, I would have stopped my career this summer sincerely. It's always a goal, which helps me work. When you don't have goals, it's no use being on a football pitch. I will not hide from it, I am 31 years old, I am not a child. I feel in poor shape, I work hoping to earn this jersey. "