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Goal report this afternoon that Bayer Leverkusen have made a €12m offer for Paris Saint-Germain defender Thilo Kehrer. Nevertheless, Les Parisiens are looking to sell the German for no less than €25m, as the club turns its attention towards selling squad players after a prolific summer window so far in terms of arrivals. Bayer are the most advanced out of the Bundesliga clubs looking at the German international, and the 24-year-old is more now open to a move away from Ligue 1. As a result, Thilo Kehrer could become one of the sales to make up towards the €180m sum in departures that the club had indicated to the DNCG, French…

Ignazio Genuardi reports that Ligue 1 side Lyon have made an approach for 27-year-old French central defender Samuel Gigot, who is currently plying his trade at Spartak Moscow. Gigot is under contract for another 12 months with the Russian side, who are seeing €5m in order to sell the player. Click Here: Luka Modric Jersey Sale Torino are also interested in the Frenchman.

The LFP disciplinary committee has taken a number of actions following Wednesday’s meeting on the brawl that occurred during OGC Nice vs Marseille on Sunday night. Click Here: aviron bayonnais rugby jerseys Marseille fitness coach Pablo Fernandez is suspended from all professional functions by the LFP until further notice after he was seen punching an OGC Nice fan on the Allianz Riviera pitch. OGC Nice have been ordered to play their next home match vs Bordeaux behind closed doors. Further sanctions are expected but won’t be decided upon until 8th September.

Bordeaux have suffered through a rollercoaster of a summer. Barely surviving relegation and then nearly being relegated anyway due to financial issues, the club were saved by the incoming owner Gérard López. However Les Girondins continue to see considerable player turnover with Mozambique defender Mexer seemingly the latest to be moved along. According to Foot Mercato the 32-year-old centre-back, who won the 2019 Coupe de France with Rennes and scored in the final win over PSG, is the subject of talks between the two clubs who are currently discussing a loan deal. The transfer is expected to completed in short order. Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store Having arrived in…

L’Équipe report that Belgian 1st division side Club Brugge are poised to complete the signing of French youth international left-back Faitout Maouassa from Rennes today. The 23-year-old had an agreement in principle to join Gladbach in Germany earlier this window, but a deal never came, and with 12 months left on his existing contract with SRFC, the Brittany side felt now was the right time to cash in. The deal will cost the Belgian outfit more than €4m. Under the guidance of new manager Philippe Clément, Maouassa will be playing Champions’ League football this season should the deal be concluded and the player passes his medical. Click Here: Luis Suarez…

Following the events of Marseille’s trip to Nice last month when the game was suspended after 75 minutes as Nice fans invaded the pitch as a mass brawl ensued, Ligue 1’s disciplinary board have another tricky decision to make. As reported by L‘Équipe, having enforced ground closures on Nice and suspended OM coach Pablo Fernandez for striking a supporter with further punishments impending, the LFP have to decide what to do about the game itself. It was initially thought the game would be replayed but it is feared this precedent could be abused by clubs refusing to finish games they are in danger of losing, as Marseille were here –…

In an interview published in today’s L’Équipe, midfielder Yacine Adli discussed his recent transfer to Milan and what it means for his status in the Bordeaux squad for the coming season.  The Frenchman also discusses the changes brought to the club under the ownership of Gérard Lopez, who arrived this summer amid the club’s deep financial troubles and proceeded to overhaul the squad, albeit hamstrung by restrictions from French football’s financial regulator, the DNCG. On returning to Bordeaux for the season When you have the chance to join a club like AC Milan, you want to go there straight away, but this was a condition for the deal to go through.…

Speaking to Canal + this evening ahead of Paris Saint-Germain’s clash against Manchester City, former midfielder Samir Nasri recounted an anecdote involving his former manager Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi, now of PSG. The Frenchman had been at City during the Catalan coach’s first season in charge, and pointed out that Guardiola had singled out the Argentine as the one player he would never drop, in order to highlight how every player in his new squad would have to fight for their place. “He spoke to us about Messi at the start of the [2016-17] season to get a message across. He told us he would be our friend, up until the…

Speaking ahead of his Nice team’s trip to Troyes on Sunday, Christophe Galtier notably hit out at Algeria manager Djamel Belmadi in the wake of the controversy involving striker Andy Delort’s temporary international retirement. His words transcribed in France Bleu Azur, Galtier reacted to Belmadi’s assertion that Nice prevent their African internationals from joining up with their teams, as well as his lambasting of Delort’s decision to focus on Nice as “the big joke of the year” yesterday on RMC Sport. “I knew Belmadi when he was a player. He was already over-the-top on the pitch, yesterday I found him very over-the-top again. He should mind his own team and let…

In a letter published on the front page of today’s L’Équipe – a special issue marking 1000 days until the Paris 2024 Olympics – France striker Kylian Mbappé has reaffirmed his intention to represent his country football’s Olympic tournament. The Paris native explains that he first realised the importance of the games when watching the London Olympics in 2012. The Paris Saint-Germain man notably underlines Brazil’s defeat in the 2012 final against Mexico, and his future teammate Neymar’s desire to win in his country four years on, as a key factor in inspiring him to strive towards participating in Paris 2024. Click Here: “It’s a strong feeling on the inside, as…