FEATURE | Kostas Mitroglou’s ill-fated spell in Ligue 1

Click: When Kostas Mitroglou joined Marseille in 2017, there was good reason to expect some decent return from the Greek striker. Despite his controversial and weak spell at Fulham three years prior, he had managed to pick up his form in Portugal, for Benfica. Sadly though, Mitroglou has now left France after, not for the…

Mauricio Pochettino dressed Julian Draxler & Layvin Kurzawa down at half-time vs Barça

RMC Sport have provided details from inside the PSG dressing room on the manner in which Mauricio Pochettino’s half-time team talk went at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night after Les Parisiens put in a disappointing first 45 minute showing, fortunate to go in at the break with the score at 1-1. The outlet…

Leandro Paredes on Neymar, robberies, criticism, Mauricio Pochettino & more

Speaking in an interview with TF1, Argentinian and PSG central midfielder Leandro Paredes discussed the Ligue 1 title race, the futures of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, the robberies that Marquinhos and Angel di Maria were recently victims of and much more. On criticism of PSG: People expect us to be champions. We have that pressure. We…

Mauricio Pochettino on winning his 1st title: “We see success in maximising performance.”

Speaking to Le Parisien, PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino was asked if the 2021 Trophée des Champions victory, his first title as a coach, was seen as a relief to him personally. “Not especially. We see success in maximising team performance. We did not win anything at Espanyol, Southampton or Tottenham but the satisfaction and the mark…

Rémy Vercoutre returning to Lyon as goalkeeping coach

Mohamed Toubache-TER and RMC report that former club goalkeeper Rémy Vercoutre will return to Lyon this summer as the goalkeeping coach. He also had an offer to join Rudi Garcia’s current number two and the future manager of Angers, Gérard Baticle, in his new project, but he has chosen to return to OL instead. The currently…

Marseille interested in Boca Juniors winger Sebastian Villa

La Provence report that Ligue 1 side Marseille are interested in signing 25-year-old Colombian winger Sebastian Villa, who is currently plying his trade for Boca Juniors. The outlet claims that the player’s agent was recently spotted at the Marseille training centre. Villa is under contract with Boca until 2024. Click Here: Angel Di Maria jersey…

William Saliba has turned down a loan offer from Rennes

Ouest-France report that Rennes have been rebuffed in their efforts to sign 20-year-old French central defender William Saliba from Arsenal. Sporting Director Florian Maurice contacted Arsenal, but it was clear that, likely owing to pricing, only a loan would have been possible – Maurice wants a long-term replacement for Damien Da Silva and therefore doesn’t…