Month: June 2024

L’Équipe report that Thomas Tuchel has rebuffed an approach from Bayern Munich after they parted ways with Niko Kovac, as he wants to continue his adventure with PSG.

He informed Bayern, who approached him in recent hours, that he wants to at least go to the end of his contract with PSG, which expires in 2021.

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This is not the first time at the Bavarian side have been interested in Tuchel, having pushed for him in the autumn of 2017 and summer of 2018. This summer again, despite Kovac remaining in place, Tuchel was followed closely by the Bundesliga champions, as well as by Manchester United.

Tuchel is not ruling out a spell with the Bavarians in the future, but currently views PSG as a good opportunity to progress his career at the highest level.

Speaking in an interview with France Football, French international and Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan discussed his relationship at PSG with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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“Even though we are no longer in contact today, I love him like crazy. He is real. He says what he has to say to you to your face. But when you say certain things, you need to be careful, you are also not perfect. He has put me in a spicy situation before. And I have responded before. For some people it was not normal for me to do so, as I was a 17-year-old youngster. In training, Zlatan took a shot, the ball travels at 400km/h and it’s in. It was easy for him. He was in the box and he placed the ball with power. The Buffon’s, Julio César’s, who he has faced before, would not have stopped those shots that day. He says to me: “s*** goalkeeper.” That, for me, was not right. The following situation, he comes back, he shoots but I stop it. Ah… I was forced to respond to him. I said to him: “s*** attacker.” He looked at me, he did not say anything. Once we went back to the dressing room, he came up to me. He said that it was good, I like how you are, I like your personality. I already liked him, but this made me love this guy.”

Our ultra-reliable colleagues at La Voix du Nord report that Premier League duo Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are currently in active discussions to sign 20-year-old Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumaré, potentially as early as next month.

Between six and eight European clubs are currently in ongoing discussions with either Soumaré’s entourage or Lille about a possible transfer. LOSC are demanding between €50m to €60m in order to part with a player who still has another 2.5 years on his current contract.

In England, Manchester United and Tottenham are in discussions, whilst Wolves have dropped out of the conversation after making a big effort that ultimately failed last summer to convince the young Frenchman. In Italy, Napoli have opened discussions this week and in Spain, Real Madrid and Valencia continue to hold talks in relation to a potential deal.

Lille are relaxed about the possibility of a deal that would see Soumaré leave the club in January and then be loaned back until the end of the season. Lille bosses are not concerned about a potential departure of the player without him being loaned back either, although they would prefer if he was. They feel that in Renato Sanches, Benjamin André and Xeka that they have more than enough talent to cover if Soumaré was to exit.

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OL Groupe, the company that owns Ligue 1 club Lyon, have yesterday confirmed the €3.1m purchase of American women’s team Reign FC, where Ballon D’Or winner Megan Rapinoe is currently playing.

The deal sees OL purchase both the team and their youth and training infrastructures.

“Lyon is happy to inform that the exclusive discussions that had been ongoing since 25th November for the acquisition of Reign FC, a founding member of the National Women’s Soccer League, have concluded through the signature of an acquisition contract for a fee of $3.51m. These assets will be owned by a newly formed American company, of which OL Groupe will own 89.5%, whilst the former majority owner of Reign FC, Bill Predmore, will retain 7.5% capital. Tony Parker, four-time champion of the NBA and President of LDLC ASVEL (a basketball team currently holding the male and female French titles) and OL ambassador in the United States, will invest as well to the tune of 3%.”

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Eurosport report that Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru has never been closer to completing a loan move to Galatasaray until the end of the season.

The 22-year-old, who only joined the Principality this summer from Everton, was immediately frozen out by Leonardo Jardim and the team that he was previously on loan at, Gala, have been after him for weeks,

ASM VP Oleg Petrov has now hashed out a deal in principle that would see Onyekuru depart on loan to Galatasaray until the end of the season with no option to buy included in the agreement. There will also be no loan fee for the Turkish side to pay.

However, the deal is not fully green lit, according to sources contacted by Get French Football News. This is because new manager Robert Moreno wants to assess all 1st team players before any transfer business occurs.

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Foot Mercato report that Ligue 1 club Montpellier have made an approach for US Orléans forward Aurélien Scheidler.

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The 21-year-old has scored 6 goals and laid on 4 assists in 19 matches in Ligue 2 this season. At 1.92m tall, he has the profile that is interesting a myriad of English clubs. Montpellier have made a formal approach and USO have not entirely closed the door to a sale, despite being last in the league standings.

However, in order to let their prized asset contracted to them until 2022 to leave the club in the middle of the season, they are expecting a sizeable offer.