FULL DRAW | The Champions League last 16 draw for 22/23

Following the rapid completion of the group stages, squeezed into the calendar before the World Cup which gets underway later this month, the Champions League last 16 draw has been made at UEFA headquarters ahead of the return of the competition next February. The headline tie is perhaps a repeat of last season’s final between …

Christophe Galtier and Luis Campos to attend World Cup

Le Parisien are reporting that Paris Saint-Germain manager Christophe Galtier and the club’s football advisor Luis Campos will travel out to Qatar to watch the World Cup.  PSG are the most well-represented Ligue 1 team in the tournament. 11 of the club’s players (Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Marquinhos, Carlos Soler, Pablo Sarabia, Keylor Navas, Nuno …

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi: “We’re not welcome at the Parc des Princes.”

Speaking to Marca, Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has said that the club doesn’t feel welcome at the Parc des Princes.  The president of the reigning Ligue 1 champions first revealed the club’s intention to scout out alternative stadiums in an interview with Bloomberg last week, saying, “Paris deserves a better stadium.”  However, the club’s intention is to remain …

Angers hoping for €10m in Sofiane Boufal departure

L’Équipe report that Angers will be willing to sell one of their Moroccan talents, Sofiane Boufal, at a valuation of €10m during this winter transfer window. Due to their low league position and reportedly ‘cold’ relationship between the club and the player during the World Cup, both parties would be happy to see the player …

PROFILE | Junya Ito – The late bloomer with the talent to lead Reims to Ligue 1 safety

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. In the 2019 January transfer window, Genk signed a young winger on loan from the J-League side Kashiwa Reysol where he had scored 22 goals and …

PROFILE | Amine Harit’s dramatic 2022 Ligue 1 rise and return

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. Amine Harit’s 11th-hour loan signing in OM’s summer window blitz was complicated because of financial pressures. Several players graciously gave up part of their salaries to …

Exclusive | Monaco demanding €60m for Chelsea target Benoît Badiashile

Sources contacted by Get French Football News have revealed that AS Monaco are demanding €60m for Chelsea target Benoît Badiashile (21). Chelsea are engaged in discussions to sign the Monaco centre-back, who became a France international during September’s international break. Whilst Get French Football News understands that Badiashile has provisionally agreed terms with Chelsea ahead of a move, no …

Why can’t PSG loan players this January?

As Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Pablo Sarabia nears a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers, L’Equipe are reporting that the Ligue 1 leaders are unable to loan any more players during this winter transfer window, and for a very simple reason. FIFA rules state that a club can’t loan more than eight players aged 21 or more in a …

Official | Benoît Badiashile joins Chelsea from Monaco

Benoît Badiashile’s (21) transfer to Chelsea has been confirmed by AS Monaco. The French defender played 135 for the Principality club.  As announced by Chelsea, Badiashile has signed a seven-and-a-half-year contract at Stamford Bridge. The defender, who this season made his debut for the France national team had already established an agreement in principle to …

Tanguy Nianzou Kouassi: “I have no regrets about leaving PSG”

In an interview with So Foot, 20-year-old central defender Tanguy Nianzou Kouassi talks of his experiences at both Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Now happy in La Liga, the French youth international said he had “no regrets” about leaving Les Parisiens. Kouassi left PSG at 17 for the Bundesliga. Knowing that the competition for a …