Jean-Jacques Eydelie, who played in their 1-0 final victory over AC Milan in Munich, said in Saturday's L'Equipe magazine the players received an injection before the match, implying premeditated doping.

European football's governing body UEFA have not yet opened an inquiry but have expressed their concern.

Desailly told AFP: "It's not true," adding, as UEFA did on Monday, that dope tests were performed after the match. "The worst thing is that he is making people doubt our victory was fair-and-square. That annoys me frankly.

"In all clubs, players have injections to help them recover or have vitamin products but this is not doping."

And the agent of the-then skipper Didier Deschamps, Jeannot Werth, said Deschamps did not want to comment on Eydelie's comments.

Former club president Bernard Tapie said on Monday he would be suing both L'Equipe magazine and Eydelie, while Franck Sauzee, who also played in the final, said he was considering taking legal action.