FORGET PARIS ...OXFORD IS GOLDEN

Frenchman Idris happy to swap Olympics for pre-season at Kassam

- HECTOR NUNNS

IDRIS EL MIZOUNI insists he would not have swapped a second of pre-season training with Oxford to take in the Olympics spectacle in his home city of Paris.

For the 23-year-old signed for £400,000 from Ipswich, the idea of sporting heaven is being 100 percent ready for the club's first Championship season in 25 years.

Des Buckingham, who grew up a stone's throw from the three-sided Kassam Stadium, returned from coaching roles in New Zealand. Australia and India to steer Oxford to promotion via the play-offs in May (below).