Foot Mercato report today that Youcef Belaïli is in advanced talks to terminate his contract with Brest, less than a year after he joined the Breton club. The 30-year-old is said to be unhappy at the club since the start of the summer, despite his good start to life in Ligue 1, scoring three and assisting …
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Speaking to Canal + after PSG’s 1-1 draw against Benfica, midfielder Marco Verratti (29) was left perplexed by referee Jesus Gil Manzano’s decision not to send off Enzo Fernández (21). Fernández’s clumsy, late tackle on Verratti just before half-time received a yellow card, rather than a red. The Argentinian’s foot landed just above Verratti’s ankle on the …
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Monaco midfielder Youssouf Fofana made his senior debut for France in the UEFA Nations League last month when Les Bleus locked horns with Austria. Speaking to RMC Sport, Fofana admitted that he would like to represent the 2018 World Cup champions in the Qatar World Cup. However, the 23-year-old doesn’t appear to be too sure …
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AS Monaco have confirmed that Laurence Stewart has left the club after two years to become the technical director at Chelsea. As initially revealed by The Athletic and later confirmed by sources contacted by Get French Football News, Stewart has switched the Principality for London. Stewart will form part of a revamped set-up at Chelsea, as new owner Todd …
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A spokesperson for Ligue 1 club OGC Nice’s owners INEOS has said that the group have no intention of attempting to buy Premier League side Liverpool, adding that their focus is on challenging Paris Saint-Germain’s supremacy in Ligue 1. Liverpool’s owners, American group, Fenway Sports, put the Anfield club up for sale on Monday, fuelling …
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Sport Bild are reporting that AS Monaco left-back Ismaïl Jakobs (23) is attracting interest from German clubs Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt. Jakobs is currently participating in the World Cup in Qatar with Senegal. The former FC Köln player made a relatively late decision to switch his international allegiance, having featured for Germany at …
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This is taken from the GFFN 100, our leading 150-page FREE publication ranking the best 100 players in France, see the full list and read every profile right here. Before breaking (back) into the limelight as a part of Morocco’s World Cup adventure, Sofiane Boufal had been quietly, but confidently, establishing himself as a pivotal …
This season has not gone the way Marseille legend Dimitri Payet would have planned it. Not only did he miss out on the World Cup, but has not found starting minutes with his beloved club. To make the situation worse, with all of the injuries Les Bleus had before the start of the World Cup …
According to CBS Sport’s Ben Jacobs, Qatar Sports Investments (who have held 100% ownership Paris Saint-Germain since 2011) are reportedly intensifying their efforts to find a multi-club investment project in the Premier League. Jacobs says that president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been talking to clubs from the Premier League – notably meeting with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy …
According to reports from L’Équipe, Frédéric Guilbert is in and Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel is out of Strasbourg. The 24-year-old who was brought in on loan to fill in for Karol Fila seems to be headed to La Liga side – Espanyol. The former Saint-Étienne right-back was a very highly rated up-and-coming defender before being plagued by …
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