A honeymoon trip to Australia by Parisian couple Sophie and Marc Genreau in the 1990s is paying dividends for Melbourne City – and if young midfielder Denis Genreau achieves his footballing dreams, it might be Australia’s gain and France’s loss wrote Michael Lynch recently.

Fresh off scoring in the FFA Cup against Sydney Hakoah, the up and coming attacking midfielder joins the team to preview the fast-approaching A-League season.