RMC Sport via La Provence report this morning that the entourage of Marseille owner Frank McCourt have denied the recent rumours of the club being up for sale. The American is said to be “outraged” at the reports and has flat-out denied that the club was up for sale – journalist Romain Molina had reported yesterday that talks were underway…
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Official | Lens sign Adam Buksa from New England Revolution
MLS club new England Revolution have this afternoon announced the sale of Polish striker Adam Buksa to Lens, for a fee the Boston Globe have reported as being $10m, or around €9m. He joins the Sang et Or after a two-and-a-half year spell across the pond, during which he scored 29 goals in 64 league appearances. The…
GFFN Awards 2022 | The Winners
Here at GFFN, we’ve combined 100,000 votes from you the fans with our experts’ views to arrive at the following conclusions from the 2021/22 campaign. Here are our 2021/22 Awards winners: Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year: Alban Lafont (Nantes) – Despite not topping any of Ligue 1’s major statistical goalkeeping metrics this season, Lafont’s…
FEATURE | Khéphren Thuram’s success at Nice has come in spite of his coach, can it last?
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Christophe Galtier’s relationship with Julien Fournier at point of no return
As reported by L’Équipe, the relationship between OGC Nice coach Christophe Galtier and sporting director Julien Fournier has completely broken down after Fournier called out Galtier for his performance as coach during his first season with the club. In a recent interview with the sports daily, Fournier described Galtier’s criticism of the club’s lack of…
Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Auxerre and Paris FC chase Troyes’ Jimmy Giraudon
As reported by L’Équipe, Ligue 1’s relegated clubs Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne are fighting over Troyes defender Jimmy Giraudon ahead of next season. Both heavyweight clubs were shockingly relegated this season following their recent slides down the table, Bordeaux finishing bottom and ASSE losing in the relegation play-off on penalties to Auxerre, and are looking to…
Newcastle hold positive talks with Hugo Ekitike’s agents
Fabrizio Romano is reporting that Newcastle have held “positive” talks with Hugo Ekitike’s (19) agents after it was reported earlier in the month that a move to the Premier League side was imminent. According to Romano, the “deal is back on track,” after a deal was struck with Reims. Newcastle are looking to finalise things on the “agent…
RC Strasbourg will face Liverpool in pre-season friendly on 31 July
According to the club’s social channels, RC Strasbourg will make a trip to Anfield on Sunday 31st July (8:30pm) in preparation for the return of Ligue 1 against AS Monaco on the weekend of 6th-7th August. It will be a show-piece event for the Alsatians after Liverpool announced on the friendly on its social network on…
OGC Nice, Lazio and Sevilla chase Santos midfielder Vinicius Zanocelo
As reported by Le10Sport, Ligue 1 OGC Nice are interested in signing 21-year-old Brazilian midfielder Vinicius Zanocelo from Santos, the former club of Neymar and Pele. A technical, organising central midfielder Vinicius Zanocelo has been compared to Thiago Mendes of Lyon by the outlet and is expected to leave Brazil this summer with just a…
Timothy Weah not for sale
Despite interest from Southampton and Valencia in Lille forward Timothy Weah (22), Lea Dogues intend to keep hold of their American international striker next season, according to Foot Mercato. Only a “stupendous” offer could tempt the 2020/21 champions to sell the forward. After an injury-hit start to the season, Weah began to hit his stride towards the…