Foot Mercato report that Premier League side West Ham United have accelerated negotiations to sign Montpellier striker Gaëtan Laborde in recent hours. Having scored 16 goals and achieved 7 assists last season, the Hammers will need to offer €15m plus bonuses in order to convince MHSC to sell. Sevilla have had an offer knocked back for the player who is under contract until 2023. Talks between Laborde and West Ham have accelerated in recent hours…
Le Parisien report this afternoon that following Real Madrid’s initial €160m bid for Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé, several sources within the La Liga club indicate that the second offer could reach €180m. Click Here: rugby store With the World Cup winner expected to leave Paris – whether that be this summer or next – Los Merengues appear to have stepped up their efforts to bring the forward to Spain. The club have discussed the possibility of…
1) Houssem Aouar could leave Lyon on loan this summer with concrete bids non-existent (Tues) Having rejected the chance to join Arsenal last summer, interest in French midfielder Houssem Aouar has dried up entirely this off-season, according to sources contacted by Get French Football News. Lyon are willing to sell Aouar this window but the club have received zero interest in the player from major European sides and are now even considering letting Aouar leave…
The FFF have confirmed tonight that Kylian Mbappé leaves the France set-up today following a calf issue the forward picked up during last night’s 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 22-year-old had undergone tests this morning which revealed no injury, but was still experiencing some pain. L’Équipe report that Didier Deschamps will not call up a replacement for the Paris Saint-Germain star, with the round of Covid-19 testing needed to travel for Saturday’s match against…
Nantes announced this morning that a reserve player had yesterday been taken to hospital after collapsing in training, with the second team’s match this weekend now postponed. The player’s identity has not been revealed. Ouest-France have reported this afternoon that the 19-year-old player suffered a heart attack, and has been placed under an artificial coma. First-team goalkeeper Alban Lafont discussed the issue in today’s press conference – “Are thoughts are very much with the player. We…
L’Équipe report that Nice did not provide an initial reaction to yesterday’s disciplinary sanctions on their suspended game against Marseille, after a hearing in Paris that went on into the evening. The commission eventually ruled that Les Aiglons would be docked two points – one of which suspended – and be made to play three games behind closed doors, including a rematch of the game that saw Nice ultras spill onto the pitch and confront OM…
In his press conference ahead of his Marseille team’s midweek trip to Angers, manager Jorge Sampaoli notably discussed the comparisons made between him and compatriot Marcelo Bielsa, who also coached at OM. His words transcribed in L’Équipe, the Argentine sought to downplay the potential similarities between his Marseille side and Bielsa’s in 2014/15, notably over whether his style of play could lead to a similar physical collapse in the second half of the season. Click Here:…
L’Équipe report today that five Marseille supporters were arrested in the aftermath of yesterday’s 3-2 home loss to Lens for various instances of misbehaviour. The first of which is suspected of pointing a laser at Lens’ Florian Sotoca while he was taking the penalty which opened the scoring. The second fan reportedly violently reacted to a steward, another used a pyrotechnic device and the last two for setting off flares. With Ligue 1 stadiums being marred…
Europa League, Group B – (Merino 53) Real Sociedad 1-1 Monaco (Disasi 16) Alexander Nübel, 6 Djibril Sidibé, 6 Click Here: Earth Day Forever Stamps 2020 Axel Disasi, 7 – Captained the side and provided a bullish defensive display, especially in the second half with his side under constant pressure. It was his towering header from Diop’s first half corner that gave Monaco the lead. Benoît Badiashile, 7 – Despite an below par start to…
L’Équipe report today that the sanctions imposed on Lille and Marseille for crowd trouble this week were down to various incidents occurring in the Lens-Lille and Angers-Marseille matches. The two clubs have been hit with a one-point suspended deduction, and will see their away stands in games away from home shut until the end of the calendar year. Notably, among the away support Lille brought the Derby du Nord were individuals known to be fascists whose…