Ligue 1
Arsenal join Liverpool in race to sign 29-cap international shining at Euro 2020 – report
Arsenal have joined Liverpool in expressing an interest in signing Lille midfielder Renato Sanches this summer, 90min reports. The Gunners are planning an overhaul of their midfield options with Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi looking set to leave. They are in advanced negotiations to sign Anderlecht’s Albert Sambi Lokonga, but it is reported that they are eyeing more than one midfielder. It is now revealed that the club have made contact with Sanchez’s intermediaries to find out whether the Portuguese is available in the transfer market. Lille recently won the Ligue 1 title, but it is reported that they could sell Sanchez for a profit on the €25 million spent in 2019. Liverpool are also keeping tabs on the 29-cap international as they line up a replacement for the r...
Napoli to extend Victor Osimhen’s contract, insert release clause
Serie A club Napoli are planning to add one more year to Victor Osimhen’s contract and also insert a release clause. The Nigeria international signed a contract until 2024 worth €4.5M per season when he joined from Ligue 1 outfit Lille last summer. According to Corrmezzogiorno, the Partenopei are determined to extend the forward’s contact, whilst also inserting a release clause. Osimhen scored 10 goals in 24 league appearances for Napoli in the 2020/21 campaign. The 22-year-old missed over two months of action after sustaining a shoulder injury while on international duty with Nigeria. While recovering from the injury , the former Wolfsburg striker was authorized to spend time in Nigeria and tested positive for Covid-19 upon his return to Naples. The positive test, together with his should...
Barcelona reach agreement with Marseille for sale of versatile winger, medical next week – report
Barcelona have reached an agreement with Marseille for the sale of teenage winger Konrad de la Fuente, RMC Sport journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi reports. The 19-year-old made his debut for the Blaugrana last term, but he was restricted to just 36 minutes across three appearances. They had the option to extend his contract (expiring June 2022) for another two seasons but have decided to cash in on his services. Les Phoceens have agreed a package worth €3.5 million with the Blaugrana. De la Fuente has agreed terms over a four-year deal. The transfer will be formally completed following his medical next week. Sportslens view: De la Fuente showed promise with Blaugrana B, registering nine goals and five assists in 29 appearances in all competitions. He now has the chance to establish himself ...
Paris, Manchester or Milan? Sergio Ramos has a few, but great, opportunities.
It’s official – Sergio Ramos will no longer play for Real Madrid, and the club captain will say his final goodbye later today. Purchased for €27 million in 2005 from Sevilla at just 19-years-old, Ramos has been at Madrid for 16 seasons – a period that has seen him play 671 games, score 101 goals, win five La Liga titles and four European Cups. At 35, he had been looking for a contract extension of two years and no salary deduction. The club had been asking all its players to accept a 10% salary reduction in light of the pandemic and had been unwilling to offer more than a year on the contract. As late as a week ago, sources suggested that Ramos was willing to accept a one-year contract extension and even possibly a lower salary, but perhaps not to the level of what Madrid were offering. Wh...
Ligue 1 agrees new TV deal with Amazon
Ligue 1 has signed off on a new broadcasting rights deal for the next three years. The league had been plunged into an economic crisis following the collapse of the previous deal with Spanish broadcasting company MediaPro. The company had promised to pay €3.25 billion for the broadcasting rights to the French league for four years but pulled out not long after having paid under 10% of what they owed. Previous owners Canal Plus and beIN SPORTS have both been in talks to repurchase the TV rights, while giants Amazon have also been looking to strike a deal with the LFP. Today, the LFP chose between two different broadcasting packages, with all three companies securing the rights to French football. The new deal (Canal Plus, Amazon, BeIN Sports) Amazon pay €250m per year for the rights to show...
Report: Everton keen on recruiting French manager
Everton are currently in discussions with Christophe Galtier to become their next manager, according to BeFoot. The Toffees have been without a manager after Carlo Ancelotti left them in order to take charge of Real Madrid for a second stint. Galtier will be in high demand after sensationally guiding Lille to the Ligue 1 title last season and winning the Ligue 1 manager of the season award. The report did add that Galtier has reached an agreement to take charge of French club Nice though this has not deterred Everton. One could argue that Everton will be a better next career step for Galtier rather than Nice. The latter placed ninth in the French top-flight last season and even if the 54-year-old agrees to join them, he will have to embark on a long-term project to develop the outfit into ...
PSG steals Georginio Wijnaldum from Barca’s grips with better offer
Liverpool’s Dutch midfielder, Georginio Wijnaldum, who had been a long-time target to firm up the Catalan midfield for Barcelona, made a sudden volte face by deciding for former French Ligue champions Paris Saint-Germain instead. Just when the details of his move from former English Premier League champions Liverpool were almost fully sorted with arrangements on course for Wijnaldum’s medicals at Camp Nou, PSG jumped ahead to challenge for the midfielder’s interest with a juicier offer which appears to have worked in their favour. The Ligue 1 side has now won the race to sign 30-year-old central midfielder on a free transfer from Liverpool. PSG found their way around advanced talks between Wijnaldum and Barca by showing the defender their determination to attract him to Paris by improving ...
Everton to wait for new manager before making a decision on recalling on-loan player
Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly still interested in securing another loan deal for Moise Kean this summer. The Everton striker spent last season on loan with PSG and highlighted his quality with 13 goals in 26 league games. His future is currently unclear, with transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claiming that his parent club are waiting to appoint a new manager before making a decision. PSG are still negotiating with Everton for Moise Kean. As reported days ago it’s only loan proposal and NO permanent transfer, no €40m bid as of today. 🔵 #EFC The deal is now stalling because Everton want to wait for the new manager before deciding on Kean’s future. 🇮🇹 https://t.co/ddokCB9o6S — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 7, 2021 Based on the form that he displayed la...
Report: Manchester stars lead La Liga rivals in player transfer values
The latest CIES Football Observatory report has been released, revealing the highest estimated transfer values of players in Europe’s top five leagues. The list is dominated by English players, with three Englishmen topping the charts and another four inside the top 20. The Premier League is also very heavily represented, with 12 players inside the top 20 and 43 in the top 100. There are 21 from La Liga, 15 from the Bundesliga, 14 from Serie A, and seven from Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe ranks 12th, much lower than many would expect. The Frenchman has been given a value of €118.3 million. This will be largely because he has a year left on his current contract, but he could probably command a higher fee this summer. Harry Kane is another who is lower down than expected, w...
Report: Barcelona set to lose out on ‘done deal’ with Liverpool midfielder
Georginio Wijnaldum has decided to join Paris-Saint Germain in a deal that will run until 2024, according to reliable transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. Wijnaldum looked certain to join Barcelona as a free agent at the end of May, with Romano previously describing it as a ‘done deal’, He ran down his contract with Liverpool at the end of last season and was even set to undergo medicals at Camp Nou. However, Romano has reported that French heavyweights PSG have hijacked the deal and will double the salary Barca were prepared to offer. Barcelona are looking to rebuild following several years of underachievement both domestically and in Europe. It will be a big blow to their short-term ambitions if they fail to sign the 30-year-old. Due to the Spanish club’s financial situation, they have been ...
Reliable Journalist: Pochettino convinced highly-rated Dutchman about PSG instead of Barcelona
The presence of Mauricio Pochettino has convinced Georginio Wijnaldum to join Paris-Saint German ahead of Barcelona, according to reliable journalist Julien Laurens. The Dutchman was heavily linked with a move to Barcelona ahead of next season after he opted to not stay with Liverpool. However, it appears that PSG have now hijacked the deal by offering the player a better financial offer. As well as the (much) better financial offer, Mauricio Pochettino has also played a big part in convincing Gini Wijnaldum to join PSG and not Barcelona. @ESPNFC 🤝✅ — Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien) June 6, 2021 Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman previously worked with Wijnaldum while he was managing the Dutch national team. He was keen on a reunion with the midfielder as he looks to rebuild th...
Report: Euro giants looking to hijack Barcelona’s attempt to sign 74-cap int’l
Paris Saint-Germain are trying to hijack a move for Gini Wijnaldum. Barcelona have been trying to sign the 74-times capped Dutch international on a free transfer for months now. Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has been regularly delivering updates on Twitter on the 30-year-old. His contract at Anfield expires at the end of this month, and he has already confirmed that his next destination would be somewhere else. Romano claims that Barcelona are “already planning” medicals for Wijnaldum, and they are hoping to tie him to a contract until 2024. However, according to ESPN, the French giants are looking to hijack their attempt to sign the midfielder. Wijnaldum is currently preparing for the European Championships with Netherlands, but clubs want to secure his signa...
