Month: March 2024

Lyon have announced the signing of a first professional contract for 19-year-old attacker Yaya Soumaré. The deal runs for three years until 2023 – Soumaré is considered as one of the best prospects of his generation, and joined the academy for the 2015/16 campaign from AS Minguettes. Soumaré this season has played an important role…

L’Équipe report that 17-year-old central midfielder Eduardo Camavinga has a pact with Rennes that he will not leave the club this summer should the club qualify for Champions’ League football this season. Contrary to considerable Spanish reporting claiming that talks are ongoing between Real Madrid and the relevant parties over a potential Eduardo Camavinga deal,…

L’Équipe report this morning that Lille continue to track the situation of 23-year-old Rennes central midfielder James Léa-Siliki. LOSC had made contact with the Frenchman in January, as a possible replacement for Boubakary Soumaré, who at the time Les Dogues were somewhat desperately trying to shift to the Premier League. Click Here: France Rugby Jersey…

TF1 report that Premier League side Burnley have made an approach for 23-year-old French winger Samuel Grandsir, who is currently contracted to AS Monaco until 2023. Click Here: Machine Nameplate Ligue 1 side Brest had him on loan this season, and would like to renew this deal for the following campaign, but sources tell Get…

L’Équipe report today that PSG intend to acquire Mauro Icardi outright from Inter Milan this summer, with the player also seemingly ready to oblige after already agreeing to provisional contract terms. However, owing to COVID-19, Les Parisiens do not intend to pay the €70m release clause and are hoping to negotiate that figure down with…

Les Echos report that Ligue 1 side AS Monaco are seeking to make a whopping 30 player sales this summer, as it looks to massively decrease the number of 1st team players on the club books ahead of the 2020/21 campaign. ASM have the 3rd largest budget in the division, but will be without European football…

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Get French Football News, ex-professional central midfielder Fabrice Abriel talked about his greatest career moments in depth, as well as touching on the current French footballing landscape. Nationality: French Born: July 6th 1979 (40) Current club: Retired Former clubs: Paris Saint-Germain, Servette (SWI), Amiens SC, Guingamp, Lorient, Olympique de Marseille,…

Speaking to RMC Sport, Mediapro President Jaume Roures, who is heading up Ligue 1 and Ligue 2’s new major TV broadcaster, moved to back the fight led by Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas to complete the 2019/20 season, even if it could delay the start to the next campaign which his company would be profiting from. “Canal…

Yesterday, Ligue 1 sides Lyon, Toulouse and Amiens had their opportunity to make the case to the French national court as they fought from a variety of different angles against the LFP’s decision to prematurely terminate the 2019/20 Ligue 1 campaign. Lyon challenged the decision on two counts, one the lawfulness behind declaring a season…

Ligue 2 side Clermont have today announced the signing of 19-year-old central defender Muamer Aljic, who will be part of the first team set-up from the beginning of the 2020/21 campaign. A youth prospect at St Étienne, he initially moved to FC Lyon before joining Niort, where he captained their U19s and reserves sides. He…