2024 February

PSG and Angel Di Maria agree extension until 2022

RMC Sport announce that Ligue 1 side PSG have reached a total agreement with Argentinian winger Angel di Maria over a contract extension until June 2022. The contract is sorted and will be signed in the coming weeks for the 33-year-old to remain in the French capital for a 6ht consecutive year. Click Here: i […]

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Soumaila Coulibaly explains decision to snub PSG for Dortmund

Speaking in an interview with Le Parisien, 17-year-old PSG central defender Soumaila Coulibaly explained his decision to reject the chance to sign a professional contract with his current club and commit to Dortmund for next season instead. “This is because of the project that was being offered. Over there, everything is strong for my future. I […]

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Benjamin Pavard: “We deserved to win.”

Speaking in an interview with RMC Sport, Bayern Munich’s French right-sided defender Benjamin Pavard was bitter about losing 3-2 to PSG at the Allianz Stadium on Wednesday night. “We are frustrated, we deserved to win the match, we had the possession and more shots. Well done to PSG. There is a 2nd leg, we are going […]

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Rough seas ahead again for French football & a TV deal

L’Équipe report that Canal Plus, who in February took over to show all of Ligue 1 until the end of the season after Mediapro forfeited its contract with the LFP 4 months into their 4 year-deal, do not want to bid for the totality of the French 1st division rights when the new tender occurs […]

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Montpellier poised to hire Laurent Batlles from ESTAC Troyes

Mohamed Toubache-TER, L’Équipe and RMC report that Ligue 1 side Montpellier are poised to hire ESTAC Troyes manager Laurent Batlles to replace Michel der Zakarian, who is leaving when his contract expires in June. Batlles, who is about to achieve the promotion of Troyes to Ligue 1, does not want to work with Érick Mombaerts, the Head of […]

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Flavius Daniliuc believes OGC Nice will be in the same league as Bayern Munich

Speaking to reporters on Friday, 20-year-old Austrian youth international defender Flavius Daniliuc stated that INEOS’s project at OGC Nice was poised to put the club on the same footing as Bayern Munich in the coming years. “The project put into place at Nice is ambitious, there is a very clear line of direction. I think […]

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FEATURE | Presnel Kimpembe – France’s Achilles Heel

Things for Presnel Kimpembe didn’t look great in the summer of 2018 — France had just won the World Cup, and while he had made his first competitive start in the tournament, that it came in a near-dead rubber against Denmark meant that he was a bit of an afterthought. After all, Didier Deschamps’ insistence […]

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Southampton leading Leeds & Newcastle to sign Brest full-back Romain Perraud

L’Équipe report that 23-year-old Brest left-back Romain Perraud will be joining a Premier League club this summer, with Southampton leading Leeds United and Newcastle United in the race to land the ex-OGC Nice and Paris FC man. Perraud, who achieved 3 goals and 7 assists in Ligue 1 this season, is expected to fetch at […]

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Lorient make €2.5m offer for Kenyan defender Joseph Okumu

L’Équipe report that Ligue 1 side Lorient have made a €2.5m offer to sign 24-year-old Kenyan central defender Joseph Okumu, who currently plies his trade at Elfsborg in the Swedish 1st division. The opening offer is expected to be rejected, with fellow French 1st division side Reims also interested in the player and Elfsborg seeking […]

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Official | Remy Descamps joins Nantes from Charleroi

Ligue 1 side FC Nantes have announced the signing of 24-year-old French goalkeeper Remy Descamps from Belgian outfit Charleroi. Click Here: Real Madrid Jersey Sale Descamps, who is an ex-PSG youth product, has signed a 3-year contract with Les Canaris.  FCN appear to be preparing for the eventual sale of Alban Lafont, who joined permanently […]

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