Sunderland announced today that French-Swiss businessman Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, whose father Robert Louis-Dreyfus formerly owned Olympique de Marseille from 1996 to 2016, has become a majority shareholder at Sunderland, now owning 51% of shares.  The French-Swiss businessman arrived to the North East last winter and took ‘executive control’ of the club, which was recently promoted the Championship via the league 1 play-off final in May. Mackem fans were angered when it was revealed that the millionaire did not own the required shares to have full ownership of the club – as Donald, Methven, and Sartori still collectively owned 59% of the club.  This morning’s official communiqué by Sunderland confirmed that the…

As reported by RMC, Lyon attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki has confirmed that talks over a new deal at OL are going in the right direction, after the teenager’s future had been called into question in recent months. The 18-year-old, considered by some to be the prolific Lyon academy’s most exciting prospect for some time, has just one year left on his deal at OL and had been linked with a move to OGC Nice, amongst others, after the forward was frustrated this season due to a lack of game time under new coach Peter Bosz. Click Here: Kylian Mbappe Jersey Sale OL fans had feared that the club could lose…

As reported by Goal, after two weeks of talks between coach Christophe Galtier, PSG and his employers OGC Nice, proceedings are edging closer to a full agreement between the parties for Galtier to become the new Paris coach. All that’s keeping Paris from finalising Galtier’s move to the French capital are talks between PSG and their incumbent coach Mauricio Pochettino over his exit package from the club. The two teams have reached a final agreement in recent hours over the compensation paid to Nice for their coach too, with two years remaining on his contract at the Allianz Riviera. That fee will be much less than the €10m earlier reported,…

Montpellier’s young centre-back Clément Vidal (22) is reportedly close to signing for Ajaccio, according to Mohamed Toubache-Ter. Click Here: st kilda saints guernsey 2019 Having been born in Montpellier, Vidal spent time with MHSC’s youth squad, before a loan to Ligue 2 Ajaccio for the 2021/22 season. Over the course of his loan, the young defender made 29 appearances, helping the Corsican side return to the top flight of French football, finishing second after a close-run promotion battle. The newly promoted side will be pleased to keep the centre-back, with the board confident of his signature, and just the final details remaining to be sorted. Having made one appearance for…

As transcribed by Foot Mercato, Bacary Cissé, advisor to Sadio Mané, revealed in an interview last night on RMC’s L’After Foot, that Paris Saint-Germain tried to recruit Liverpool’s star striker, before he eventually joined Bayern Munich for £35m. “Yes, PSG well and truly ‘attacked’ Sadio,” said Cissé. “Leonardo had several contacts with the German agent, they saw one another, they discussed the ins and outs of a possible transfer from Sadio to PSG, but it ended there. Everyone knows Leonardo was on an ejector seat, we had to wait.” The Senegalese star might have returned to France, where his career in European football took off with Metz in 2012. Instead, the 30-year-old is…

Foot Mercato report this afternoon that Renato Sanches has arrived in Paris, as he closes in on his move from Lille to Paris Saint-Germain having returned from his holiday in the Algarve. Sanches was among the players to have agreed personal terms in principle with the club, according to sources contacted by Get French Football News earlier this week. He is now meet with the PSG management in person to complete negotiations over his contract. The Ligue 1 champions still have to come to an agreement over the transfer fee with Lille, with the former Bayern Munich man only having one year left on his contract with Lille. Despite receiving an…

Following the announcement of his departure as Marseille manager this afternoon, Jorge Sampaoli took to his Instagram account to explain the reasons for which he has decided to leave the club. L’Équipe had indicated earlier this afternoon that the Argentine had taken the decision in light of what he perceived as an underwhelming start to the transfer window ahead of the club’s Champions League campaign next season. “From my arrival at Marseille, I felt at home, as if I’d lived there all my life. OM is a passion. Every time I’ve walked into the Vélodrome, my heart was bursting out. Last season has been incredible. Being manager of this club…

Marseille have this afternoon announced that they have agreed with manager Jorge Sampaoli to terminate the Argentine’s contract, just one year after he arrived at the club. L’Équipe had reported earlier this afternoon that the former Chile and Argentina manager had taken the decision to leave the club over what he perceived as a disappointing start to the transfer window. The coach had been looking for the squad to be reinforced ahead of their Champions League campaign next season, having finished in second place this past Ligue 1 season. The signings of Le Havre prospect Isaak Touré and French defender Samuel Gigot – OM’s two signings thus far –  were ostensibly…

According to Foot Mercato AS Monaco are targeting 23-year old Leicester midfielder Boubakary Soumaré as a replacement Aurélien Tchouaméni – who signed for Real Madrid in a €100m move earlier in the summer. Soumaré is reported to be the Principality side’s priority midfield signing this window.  Having edged slowly into Brendan Rodger’s starting eleven at Leicester in the Premier League at the start of last season, the midfielder has quite rapidly dropped out of the Foxes’ side – playing only two matches in the last 17. In total, Soumaré played 19 times in the Premier League, and made 14 appearances in the Europa League – scoring one goal in each competition.…

Click:components of circuits Le Parisien report this afternoon that Paris Saint-Germain are set to complete the signing of Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca from Sassuolo, with an imminent agreement estimated at the €50m mark. The 23-year-old’s arrival from the Neroverdi will be completed next week. As confirmed by sources contacted by Get French Football News last week, the Ligue 1 champions had already agreed personal terms in principle with the forward. The Azzurri international will become PSG’s second signing of the summer after Portuguese midfielder Vitinha’s move from Porto, the former Wolves man moving for a €40m fee. The Rome native scored an impressive 16 goals this past Serie A season –…