Ligue 1 side Marseille on Tuesday announced a restructure of the sporting department following the recent ascension of Pablo Longoria to the position of president. Nasser Larguet, who recently served as the club’s interim manager, will remain the Youth Academy Director. David Friio earns a promotion to Technical Director and will run the 1st team …
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Ouest-France report that Greek side AEK Athens have identified 32-year-old French central defender Damien Da Silva as a priority summer transfer window target in central defence. The Rennes captain is out of contract in June. It remains to be seen whether new manager Bruno Genesio wishes to extend the player’s contract or if the player …
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L’Équipe report that Montpellier’s board and Michel der Zakarian have agreed to bring their collaboration to an end when the coach’s contract expires at the end of the season. After weeks of talks, no breakthrough was found – since joining MHSC, der Zakarian has succeeded in achieving 3 consecutive top 10 Ligue 1 finishes (10th, …
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L’Équipe report that 17-year-old box-to-box midfielder Soungoutou Magassa has signed a professional contract with AS Monaco. Despite approaches from AC Milan and AS Roma, the teenager has signed a 3-year deal with the Principality club. Magassa, who is from the Paris region of France, signed the deal on Friday and is one of the club’s …
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L’Équipe report that 20-year-old French central defender William Saliba will not be remaining at OGC Nice past his initial loan which ends next month from Arsenal. Saliba will return to the Gunners, who are expected to him a chance in the 1st team, especially following the departure of David Luiz and owing to the absence …
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Speaking in an interview with Ouest-France and other regional papers, France boss Didier Deschamps delved back into the non-selection of Eduardo Camavinga for EURO 2020. Click Here: stade toulousain rugby jersey “He has had a complicated, very complicated time, for different reasons, certainly. After what he was able to show with us when he came, well …
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Click: La Provence report that Argentinian side Boca Juniors have approached Marseille to offer a swap deal involving 25-year-old winger Cristian Pavon, in exchange for striker Dario Benedetto. OM manager Jorge Sampaoli is a fan of Pavon, and the club’s board are open to offloading Benedetto this summer, but the Argentinian striker currently wants to …
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Ligue 1 side Reims on Monday confirmed the signing of 40-year-old French goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau on a 2-year contract and on a free transfer following his contract expiring with Belgian side Charleroi. Penneteau, now tied to SDR until 2023, will play second fiddle to Serbian goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic. Click Here: Bernardo Silva jersey sale Penneteau …
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Ligue 1 side Strasbourg have announced a second consecutive loan deal with AS Monaco for defensive midfielder Jean-Eudes Aholou. This deal includes an obligation to buy, which is believed to be considerably inferior to the €14m that the Principality side paid for the Ivorian back in 2018 from… Strasbourg – L’Alsace report that RCSA will pay …
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Speaking in a French government organised conference on the future of French football, Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas discussed the need for reform of the length of the first professional contracts for players, which currently runs to a maximum of 3 years. Click Here: Earth Day Forever Stamps 2020 “Talks are ongoing for the first professional …
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