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Dates set for return to training

Ligue 1 Uber Eats clubs will soon be back in action. With the 2023-24 season kicking off on the weekend of 12 August, with 18 teams taking part, several teams have already announced their dates for returning to training. Montpellier Hérault SC, AS Monaco, Le Havre AC and FC Lorient are at the head of […]

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Lille, Strasbourg and Nice interested in loaning Chelsea’s Datro Fofana

According to Foot Mercato, Lille OSC, Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace, OGC Nice and Augsburg are all interested in bringing in Chelsea forward David Datro Fofana (20) on loan this summer.  Nice made a move to bring the Ivory Coast international in on loan in January but to no avail. However, the two parties have remained in […]

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Paris Saint Germain would not impose any veto on Mbappe’s sale

A letter from Kylian Mbappe addressed to the PSG offices ended up in the newspaper L’quipe. A document that, coincidentally or not, reopened a chapter that seemed closed until June 2024: the long-awaited transfer of the PSG forward to Real Madrid. The document that surfaced in the media on Monday night, in which the Frenchman […]

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Mbappé’s stunning goal stat after Gibraltar win

Mbappé‘s strike from the spot to make it 3-0 as France cruised to victory in their Euro 2024 qualifier in Gibraltar marked the 22nd time in his last 20 France outings that the Boy from Bondy has found the back of the net. That’s an average of more than one goal per game, which is […]

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Strasbourg president Marc Keller on receiving Chelsea loanees: “They have to want to come to us.”

In an interview with L’Équipe, Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace President Marc Keller has spoken about the club’s takeover by BlueCo, the owners of Chelsea Football Club, specifically addressing the possibility of Chelsea players arriving on loan.  The officialisation of Strasbourg’s integration into the BlueCo family was confirmed on Thursday. Keller reveals that the investment firm have […]

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Mbappe: My only option now is to stay at PSG

Kylian Mbappe gave a press conference ahead of France‘s game against Gibraltar in Faro, Portugal on Friday. The PSG striker spoke once again about his future and maintained that he intends to honor the one remaining year on his contract with the Parisian club. However, with reports coming out of the club that PSG will […]

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‘I’d advise any young player to come here!’

His coach, Will Still: “Will is a very young manager and when I arrived here he was still just the assistant. But when Oscar Garcia left, he became the coach, and he’s taken on that role with such ease. He’s shown such serenity, as if he’d been doing it all his life. He’s behind me […]

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Feature | “Strasbourg isn’t Chelsea” – the view from France

On Thursday evening, it was confirmed in an official statement on Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace’s website that BlueCo, the consortium headed by Chelsea FC owner Todd Boehly, had bought Les Alsaciens. The Guardian have reported that BlueCo came to an agreement with Strasbourg’s previous board of 11 shareholders to purchase the club for £65m. […]

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Pep Guardiola: Manchester City won’t make a move for Mbappe, everyone knows where he wants to go

Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Manchester City are not willing to make a move for Kylian Mbappe, whose contract with Paris Saint-Germain runs until the end of next season. The Catalan coach claimed that Mbappe has already made up his mind regarding his next team amidst interest from Real Madrid. “[Manchester City] will not make […]

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‘I think I meet the criteria’

It has a been a successful post-season international window for France – a 3-0 win over Gibraltar on Friday and Monday’s 1-0 win over Greece have Les Bleus top of qualifying Group B with a perfect record of four wins from as many matches – and for Kylian Mbappé who, despite the furore surrounding his […]

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