Under the orders of Laurent Fournier and then Guy Lacombe, the left winger struggled to reproduce the kind of displays that had made him famous at Monaco.

[citation needed] With the club battling against relegation, Rothen's revival was one of the factors that enabled PSG to save their spot in the top flight.

[citation needed] In the summer of 2007, several clubs expressed interest for the midfielder, including champions Olympique Lyonnais, who were looking for a replacement for the outgoing Florent Malouda.

[citation needed] Rothen stayed in Paris, and following a great start to the 2007–08 season, was voted as the league's player of the month in September.

[citation needed] Such was his importance to the club that French media would describe PSG as "dependent upon Rothen" and "playing a game that is excessively left-sided", the flank which the player occupied.

[citation needed] During those years, several signings like Sergey Semak, Bonaventure Kalou and Williamis Souza were made with the aim of reducing the side's dependence on Rothen and introduce some kind of creative threat on the right flank too.

[citation needed] However, he had lost much of his importance to the club, with the arrival of other creative players such as Stéphane Sessègnon and former Monaco teammate Ludovic Giuly.

[citation needed] In the summer of 2009, Paul Le Guen left the club to be replaced by Antoine Kombouaré, who deemed Rothen surplus to requirements and banished him to the reserves squad.

[12] On 1 September 2009, Rothen agreed to join Scottish Premier League club Rangers on a one-year loan deal from PSG.

Rothen flew to Turkey on 22 January 2010 to sign a six-month loan deal with Ankaragücü after rejecting advances from Greek sides Larissa, Kavala and Iraklis.

The book has generated significant attention in the media, notably for its description of an incident concerning Zinedine Zidane, his former teammate in the France national team.

According to Rothen, the incident occurred during the second leg of Monaco's 2004 Champions League quarter-final win over Real Madrid.

[22] In a subsequent interview with the French newspaper L'Équipe, Rothen stated he did not intend to smear Zidane's image by publicizing the incident.