Ligue 1 side AS Monaco have announced the signing of 32-year-old Italian goalkeeper Vito Mannone on a 2-year contract. The ex-Arsenal man was a free agent since leaving Championship side Reading when his agreement with them expired in June. Sporting Director Paul Mitchell had the following to say on the move: “We are happy to…
L’Équipe report that Senegalese shot-stopper Alfred Gomis, currently plying his trade for Dijon, remains the goalkeeper priority for Rennes, who are selling Édouard Mendy to Chelsea. DFCO really don’t want to sell, but have set a tentative asking price of €10m, for a player that they signed for €1m last summer. The player’s agent, Giovanni…
L’Équipe report that FC Lorient have agreed a deal to sign 23-year-old left-back Yoann Étienne from AS Monaco. Étienne, who has 12 months remaining on his current deal with ASM, had a trial with FCL back in August. He has never made an appearance for Monaco’s first team and will sign a 3-year contract with…
Speaking in an interview with France Football, 36-year-old Brazilian central defender Thiago Silva reflected on the circumstances in which he left PSG this summer. “This is a situation that annoyed me. The way in which it worked out really did not please me. Even though there was the quarantine, there were things that should have been…
L’Équipe report that Marseille have in recent hours received a bid from Premier League side West Ham United for 24-year-old Croatian central defender Duje Caleta-Car. This offer is way off the required asking price set by OM. We don’t currently have details in terms of the size of the offer nor the nature of the demands…
L’Équipe report that Ligue 1 side Metz have found an agreement to sign Belgian youth international Aaron Leya Iseka from French 2nd division club Toulouse FC. Frédéric Antonetti has moved to sign the player in the French “joker” transfer window which allows each club between the end of the summer window and the beginning of…
Speaking to Téléfoot Chaine, Lyon President Aulas threw the hot potato that is the future of manager Rudi Garcia, whose contract expires with the club next June. “I have already responded to this, but this is not a taboo subject. Juninho will take the decision… Juni will take the decision with his spirit and conscience and…
Marseille manager André Villas-Boas pulled no punches in an interview with O Jogo today, touching on a variety of subjects including calling out the Ligue 1 club for their lack of communication strategy. On the differences between Marseille & FC Porto: Marseille’s problem is that the feeling of love and hate on the part of the…
L’Équipe and Téléfoot Chaine report that Lyon midfielder Jean Lucas is unhappy and wants to leave on loan in January to another Ligue 1 club. The player has been authorised to return to Brazil on Sunday by Lyon to visit his agent. The action that took Lucas over the edge was Rudi Garcia’s decision to bring…
RMC Sport report that Ligue 1 club PSG are in negotiations to appoint former player and ex-Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino to replace the now fired Thomas Tuchel. Les Parisiens this morning opened negotiations with the German tactician’s lawyers to find a settlement, with Tuchel still having 6 months remaining on his current deal. Tuchel…