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Top Stories in French Football: Transfers, Coaching Changes, and Pre-Season Updates

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Lorient: Le Fée confirms his signing at Stade Rennais

After the defeat this Sunday of the French team against Ukraine (3-1) in the quarter-finals of Euro Espoirs 2023 where he played the entire match, the attacking midfielder of Lorient, Enzo Le Fée , confirmed his arrival at Stade Rennais this summer. “Rennes was a project that I really liked, an incredible sporting project. The style and level of play suit me, it obviously matches well. The clubs have managed to come to an agreement. As long as it is not signed, you never know what can happen“, he confided to the microphone of beIN Sports.

AJ Auxerre: Cissé returns to AJA! (official)

“He’s back! 19 years after his departure as a player for the legendary Liverpool FC, Djibril Cissé is coming home. Christophe Pélissier and his technical staff,” said the Auxerre club in a press release.

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Girondins: two Ligue 1 clubs rush on Maja

While the Girondins de Bordeaux formalized the free departure of Josh Maja on Monday, two Ligue 1 clubs would be interested in recovering the Nigerian striker for free, according to our colleagues from L’Équipe. It would be Stade de Reims and Stade Brestois. English and Spanish clubs would also be on the spot.

OGC Nice: Rivère announces a change in the project

During the presentation this Monday of the new coach of OGC Nice, Francesco Farioli, the president of the Gym, Jean-Pierre Rivère, announced that the ambitions of the club were no longer the same. According to him, the objective of competing with Paris Saint-Germain “is no longer relevant”. “The final objective, we hope, will be at the end of the year to be part of the clubs which will be European. The project mentioned at a certain moment to make a club just behind PSG is no longer relevant, but ours remains very interesting. We are a club that will start working well and as efficiently as possible. We have underperformed a lot in the last four years, the objective is to outperform.”

Toulouse: third offer rejected by Téfécé for Chaïbi!

According to information from Foot Mercato, Toulouse would have rejected a third offer from Eintracht Frankfurt for Farès Chaïbi. The Toulouse leaders would expect 20 million euros for the Algerian left winger, who recently became an international.

Montpellier: it’s official for Kamara in Pau!

Bingourou Kamara’s departure from Pau was made official on Monday. The Senegalese goalkeeper, who was coming to the end of his contract this summer with the MHSC, signed up for two seasons with the Ligue 2 resident, until June 2025.

And finally…

OGC Nice: Viti to Italy Thuram to Munich?

Since the OGC Nice project has changed, Mattia Viti could be sold. According to Fabrizio Romano, Sassuolo could repatriate the Italian defender, who has already agreed with the transalpine club. Negotiations would move in the right direction. For his part, Khéphren Thuram would no longer be so sure of signing for Liverpool. According to L’Équipe, Thomas Tuchel would push to bring him to Bayern Munich this summer.

FC Lorient: Le Bris back on Wednesday?

Régis Le Bris was absent for the resumption of Merlus yesterday. According to L’Équipe, the FC Lorient coach is however used to returning later for the first collective post-medical test sessions. “In recent days, the club has made a communication error by announcing the collective recovery on Wednesday. It will finally be Thursday, ”explains the sports daily. But Le Bris will be present tomorrow in the premises of the training center to prepare for training the next day. However, no back-to-school press conference is yet scheduled.

AS Monaco: Hütter must finalize his visit

It was without their future coach that the Monegasques found La Turbie yesterday. Agree on the main lines with the ASM, Adi Hütter (53) has yet to finalize his arrival, probably effective by tomorrow. According to L’Équipe, the Austrian should therefore lead the first training session with balls tomorrow. In the meantime, Ben Yedder and his partners began two days of physical and medical tests yesterday. They met Thiago Scuro, the new sporting director, who took office on July 1. Twenty-nine players were present, but not the internationals, who will return next week, before everyone flies away for a week-long camp in Birmingham.

RC Strasbourg: Vieira and Keller have set the main lines

New coach of RC Strasbourg, Patrick Vieira was presented yesterday. “It was important for me to find a challenge with solid enough foundations to be able to express myself and there was no better than Strasbourg to take up this challenge, he explained at a press conference. I want to develop a possession game, which is projected quickly forward. According to L’Équipe, Racing expects to recruit six to eight players to strengthen its workforce. And, for that, it has a substantial budget, “more than €25 million”, as Marc Keller briefly suggested. The new coach will meet Alexander Djiku (28), whose contract expired on Saturday. “We made him an offer but he has others,” revealed Keller. Vieira has also already spoken with Morgan Sanson (28), on loan from Aston Villa in the second half of the season, and will do the same with Kevin Gameiro (36), also at the end of the lease. “We have to refine the positions”, says Keller. In the meantime, Racing is attacking its preparation, which will be punctuated by five friendly matches and an internship in Austria, in Bad Häring, from July 14 to 23.

MHSC: Wahi good on the start

Neither of the two MHSC recruits (Becir Omeragic and Musa Al-Taamari) was present at the morning meeting set by Michel Der Zakarian for his workforce yesterday. Conversely, in the absence of the internationals (Barès, Chotard, Kouyaté, Sakho, Sylla and Wahi), ten young people took part in the first session of the season. The 24 players present, including 2 goalkeepers (Lecomte and Bertaud), carried out several workshops with the ball. “Technical and aerobic work” to allow “everyone to climb crescendo”, said Der Zakarian. “Elye Wahi, who should most likely be transferred, and the other internationals will resume training within a fortnight,” observes L’Équipe. The MHSC will play its first friendly match on July 15 in Béziers against Toulouse, before an internship in Girona, Spain.

FC Metz: Ayé and Magri in the sights?

In search of several attackers, Metz thinks of Florian Ayé, but also of Frank Magri (23 years old). Already followed by Troyes, he only has a one-year contract with Bastia. Trained in Angers, he scored 13 goals and provided four assists in 24 L2 matches last season.

To sum up

If Goal! Football Club first deals with the news of some elite teams, we have decided to give you a summary of what happened today in the other part – less media – of France du soccer.


2023-07-04 22:18:34
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