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As reported by L’Équipe, OGC Nice are interested in swooping for Lyon midfielder Maxence Caqueret after his contract talks with OL reportedly stalled this week. The 22-year-old’s current contract is up in 2023 but his demands of a €300,000 monthly salary, with the club only willing to offer €200,000, have lead to uncertainty over his future. Nice and a number of foreign clubs are interested in capitalising on the situation this summer with just a year to go on the player’s deal and his club likely keen to not lose him for free. Talks between OL and Caqueret’s representatives are set to swiftly resume, however. Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed last month…

Speaking to French radio station France Bleu, PSG’s Portuguese international Danilo Pereira revealed that he thinks his side “can hurt” the Real Madrid team they will be facing this evening in the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16.  “I think our state of mind is really good,” said the 30-year-old in reference to their preparation for tonight’s match. “We shouldn’t underestimate Real Madrid but we’re good. Wednesday’s match is going to be totally different to the first leg. We have to be focused and tactically as good as last time.” “We’re confident too,” he said. “Because we know have quality. We’re confident in everything we’ve done and everything we could do.…

L’Équipe report today that Paris Saint-Germain’s Keylor Navas was “furious” over not starting Wednesday night’s Champions League second leg tie against Real Madrid. Click Here: The Costa Rican has been in competition with Gianluigi Donnarumma since the start of the season, with manager Mauricio Pochettino alternating between the two throughout the campaign. The former Milan man has made 13 appearances this season, while Navas himself has started more Ligue 1 games for 21 in total in all competitions. Navas is said to have been “furious” on the day of the match in the wake of Pochettino’s decision to start Donnarumma and did not hide it, not least on the night that…

An unflattering draw against Braga (1-1) meant a promising European season ended in a whimper for AS Monaco, an impotent performance over two legs (1-3) putting to waste the good work done by now former manager Niko Kovač in the group stages. A banner reading “Qualification or holidays: It’s up to you to decide,” was unfurled in the Ultras section of the Stade Louis II pre-match. Monaco chose the latter. A once promising looking season has come unstuck in a tragic couple of weeks for the Principality side as defeats against Ligue 1 relegation candidates, a Coupe de France semi-final defeat to Nantes, and now expulsion from the Europa League…

In speaking after his Lyon side’s 4-2 drubbing by Rennes on Sunday afternoon, a disconsolate Peter Bosz told journalists he had no explanation for the defeat, his team’s second crushing defeat to former OL coach Bruno Genesio’s side this season. Bosz said: Click Here: “Rennes scored very early on and, after that, we were brave but it was too late. I have no explanation for the defeat. We had a good match at Porto this week but it’s not the first time that we’ve struggled to click after a good European display. Everyone knew that this game was important for us against a higher-ranked team. It’s not a lack of…

In contradicting other reports from France this week, Foot Mercato have reported that PSG forward Neymar has been offered to other European clubs following PSG’s exit from the Champions League at Real Madrid last week. The 30-year-old still has three years left on his current deal in Paris but the outlet say that PSG are willing to sell the player and Barcelona are amongst the clubs he has been offered to by the Ligue 1 side. Indeed, PSG have been trying to find a way out for Neymar over several months. However, Barcelona have not been planning to resign Neymar and would struggle to pay his huge salary, although other…

Following the announcement that the LFP will sell a 13% stake to CVC Capital Partners for a total of €1.5bn, Ma Ligue 2 have announced that clubs in France’s second division will receive just €1m each. This follows L’Équipe‘s report that PSG will receive €200m, as the only member of the ‘first’ group of French clubs. The third group of Ligue 1 clubs is set to receive €33m each, however those who are relegated into Ligue 2 will receive just half of that. The clubs promoted into Ligue 1, which would currently be Toulouse and Paris FC, plus a potential play-off winner, will receive the same amount, that is €16.5m. The prize…

According to RMC Sport, Paris Saint-Germain will not make any decision on the future of their manager, Mauricio Pochettino, over the course of the next two weeks, while the majority of players are away on international break. Since the club’s elimination from the Champions League, the Argentine’s position has been increasingly in question. The 3-0 defeat to Monaco ahead of the international break will not have made the situation any better. Despite the club’s poor form of late, the ownership want to take their time to analyse the current dysfunctional situation at the club. The decision to sack Pochettino can also only be taken once negotiations with a replacement are sufficiently…

L’Équipe report that Kylian Mbappé refused to take part in yesterday morning’s sponsorship commitments with the French national team. The Paris Saint-Germain forward explained that he did not want his image associated with certain brands, on the advice of his own lawyer. Les Bleus’ sponsors did not appreciate Mbappé’s no-show, and FFF president Noël Le Graët called up Mbappé to try changing his mind, in vain. Mbappé’s entourage considers that certain brands pose moral and ethical issues, with the 23-year-old’s own image rights going exclusively towards charitable causes. The PSG man has also questioned the manner in which French national team’s revenue is redistributed, of which he would like to see…

As reported by L’Équipe, Ligue 1 Brest have submitted designs for a new stadium to be built by 2026 after being talked about by the club and locals for many years. The ground will comprise of 15,000 seats and, from some angles, bears a resemblance to a smaller version of Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena with flowing lines and curved bowl-like sides. A small ground, only 11,800 places will be saved for the general public with the rest reserved for club partners. No work is planned before 2024 but the designs have been in development for four years already. The new ground will be situated less than a kilometre from the…