Odsonne Edouard nearly joined AS Monaco this summer
As reported by L’Équipe, 21-year-old French attacker and Celtic man Odsonne Edouard nearly joined AS Monaco this summer. The ex-PSG youth prospect scored 22 goals and provided 8 assists last season, attracting the Principality side to enter into negotiations in June with the player to convince him to join ASM. Click Here: essendon bombers guernsey 2019 The…
Official | Lyon appoint Rudi Garcia as manager
Lyon have today announced the appointment of Rudi Garcia as their new Head Coach with immediate effect, signing a contract until June 2021 in the process. In a surprising turn of events, with ex-PSG and France boss Laurent Blanc long believed to be the front-runner, Lyon decided to make the appointment of Rudi Garcia after…
Kylian Mbappé pulls out of France squad, in comes Alassane Pléa (Gladbach)
The FFF have this evening announced the withdrawal of attacker Kylian Mbappé from the French national squad owing to ongoing injury troubles. He is replaced by Bundesliga side Gladbach’s striker Alassane Pléa. PSG had formally written to L’Équipe de France to ask that Mbappé was not involved in action during this international break. Deschamps’ squad…
Who is João Sacramento – Lille’s ex-Head of Tactics poached by José Mourinho?
30-year-old João Sacremento came out of the shadows of Lille on Wednesday to join José Mourinho at Tottenham. The discreet analyst is already very experienced for his age, but who exactly is he? Fancy a flutter on the latest footballing action? Check out NetBet. His name first went up in lights in the autumn of…
Exclusive | Vincent Enyeama: “I was not out to prove people wrong, I was out to enjoy.”
Speaking as part of an extensive exclusive interview with Get French Football News, ex-Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama discusses his unadulterated love for football. “I was not out to prove people wrong, I was just out to enjoy. I love football so much that every time I kept a clean sheet I was rejoicing. It was…
Barcelona Director of Football Éric Abidal: “Neymar is clearly an option.”
Speaking in an interview with Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona Director of Football Éric Abidal claimed that the signing of PSG attacker Neymar remained an option after a summer of back and forth. “Neymar wanted to come. We tried. We have not given up on this… We will have to take decisions from a football perspective but…
Lyon in negotiations to buy American women’s team Reign FC
OL Groupe have announced today that they have formally entered into negotiations to purchase Reign FC, a founding club in the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States. This club, that plays near Seattle, boasts Megan Rapinoe as part of their squad, who is the hot favourite to take this year’s Ballon D’Or for…
Arsenal’s top coaching target is Patrick Vieira – Nice-Matin
Nice-Matin report this evening that OGC Nice manager Patrick Vieira is Arsenal’s board’s priority to take over at the Premier League side following Unai Emery’s departure last week. Vieira is reportedly considering this interest from his former club, where he played from 1996 to 2005. Under contract with OGC Nice until 2021, he is enjoying…
No cardiac anomalies detected; Victor Osimhen will stay in hospital for another night
L’Équipe and others report that 20-year-old Nigerian international and Lille forward Victor Osimhen will spend a second consecutive night in a cardio-thoracic centre in Monaco. Osimhen was substituted last night in the 1st half of Lille’s Coupe de la Ligue clash with AS Monaco, in a match in which Osimhen scored, after complaining about having…
Laurent Blanc held talks with AS Monaco yesterday
As initially reported by Foot Mercato and since confirmed by sources to Get French Football News, out-of-work manager Laurent Blanc was in the Principality yesterday to hold discussions with AS Monaco about possibly replacing under-fire boss Leonardo Jardim. Jardim is beginning to lose the dressing room in more dramatic fashion than ever before, with players…