Speaking to Le Progrès, Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette discussed his future at the Ligue 1 club. “Will I go to the end of my contract? For the moment, honestly, I am thinking about the season. We will see next June what presents itself and what will offer us the best. I prefer to be in deep […]
Speaking to Téléfoot, Italian striker and OGC Nice frontman Mario Balotelli commented on the quality of the French top flight. “Ligue 1 is difficult. When I arrived here, I thought that it would be much easier to be honest. Not because I saw myself as better, but because I had heard that the French league was […]
You would be excused for thinking that the headline of this article might be a joke. But it is not. A bar-restaurant in the Vieux Nice area, named L’Auberge des Quatre Chemins, hosted four of the biggest names involved with OGC Nice in 2016, President Jean Pierre Rivère, manager Lucien Favre, Mario Balotelli and agent […]
AS Monaco have announced that French youth international goalkeeper Paul Nardi has joined Belgian outfit Cercle Brugge on loan until the end of the season, thus cutting short his stint at Rennes where he failed to receive the necessary playing time for his development. 20 year old left-back Mehdi Beneddine and promising forward Tafsir Chérif also […]
Speaking in an exclusive interview with L’Équipe, Tottenham goalkeeper and France captain Hugo Lloris discussed the rise of team-mate Dele Alli. “He is a young player. But I have been in professional football for 12 years and one can say that he has something special, this boy. I love him, I like his personality, completely different […]
Speaking exclusively to RMC, Lyon President Jean Michel Aulas discussed the imminent arrival of Dutch winger Memphis Depay from Manchester United. “It was a dream, because he corresponds exactly with the player we were looking for. In addition, he has a certain panache. It is true that José Mourinho did not play that much, so there […]
Patrice Evra’s agents have arrived in Marseille with the aim of finalising an 18 month contract agreement with OM, according to RMC. The player is understood to have given his green light, but was concerned last night about potential security issues for his family. Juventus have already agreed to allow the 35-year-old to leave the club […]
Lille are going to be extremely busy in these final days of the January window, with as many as seven players possibly coming in after new owner Gérard Lopez’s purchase of the club was finally ratified yesterday. Paraguayan defender Júnior Alonso has already completed a move to Les Dogues, having already posed with the shirt […]
Sky Italia are reporting that French winger and Inter Milan man Jonathan Biabiany has rejected an offer to join Premier League leaders Chelsea. There was the opportunity for him to join Chelsea on loan until the end of the season, but he is currently waiting for an offer from China. More undoubtedly to follow on this breaking […]
Lyon suffered another loss at the weekend, their fourth in five matches, all but ending their hopes of qualifying for the Champions’ League for a third season running. There had been noise after the previous weekend’s loss to Saint-Étienne surrounding comments made by Alexandre Lacazette about the striker’s seeking a bigger club, and he unsurprisingly […]