This is the latest in our series looking at the 20 hottest properties in Ligue 1; those players to keep an eye on and who are most likely to feature heavily in the 2022 summer transfer window. Look out for number 17 tomorrow and follow the run down in full here on GFFN. Mohamed Bayo […]
Read MoreL’Équipe report today that the LFP are looking to play next February’s Monaco-Lyon fixture in Shanghai, pending the approval of FIFA. As the Ligue 1 authorities look for new ways to market the league in the wake of last year’s broadcasting rights disaster, the latest proposal is to play a match in China, namely the match […]
Read MoreL’Équipe report that Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappé almost signed for Leipzig as a youth player in 2015, from the Monaco academy. Ralf Rangnick has explained that as then-Leipzig director of sport, he travelled to Paris to meet with Mbappé’s family, having been convinced that the Frenchman was a fit for the club’s style of play. […]
Read MoreRMC Sport report that the long-running investigation into suspected tax fraud by Nantes president Waldemar Kita has been handed over to an examining magistrate since last month. The investigation, which was opened in 2017, is said to also focus on “aggravated tax fraud” and “money laundering”. In 2019, Les Canaris’ training ground had been the subject of […]
Read MoreIn an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on Prime Video, transcribed in L’Équipe, France manager Didier Deschamps has stated that he could return to club management after the end of his spell in charge of Les Bleus. The World Cup winner has been with the team since 2012, and sees his contract expire next year. Click Here: […]
Read MoreIn an interview with So Foot – transcribed in L’Équipe – Lyon manager Peter Bosz has notably explained why he believes that the Super League project will one day come to fruition. The breakaway league was launched last spring involving twelve European clubs from England, Spain and Italy, nine of which quickly abandoned it following a wave […]
Read MoreSpeaking to Amazon Prime Video, Marseille President Pablo Longoria reacted to tonight’s match with Lyon being suspended and not restarted because of his player, Dimitri Payet, being hit on the head by a water bottle. “It is a clear question, it was the position of the club that the referee had to make a decision. Above […]
Read MoreSpeaking with France Football, Italy and PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (22) talked over his relationship with fellow Paris stopper Keylor Navas (35) and insisted that, contrary to some reports, their relationship is strong: “With Keylor, I have an excellent relationship, there isn’t the slightest conflict. It happens that people speak indiscriminately and start to imagine […]
Read MoreAs reported by L’Équipe, after several months of intrigue over the future of the club, Ligue 1 Saint-Étienne continue to receive interest over the club’s potential sale. KPMG, who are responsible for assessing potential suitors, are now looking at a group of possibilities from abroad, plus interest from French holding company Smart Good Things. Having […]
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