Last updated: NaN/NaN/NaN 12.NaN GMTDeals completed23 Total value£53.1m Arsenal's transfer balance is£0All transfers Transfers by clubShowSort on28 December 2022David Datro Fofana Forward Molde to ChelseaIvorian rising star will bolster Graham Potter's attacking options£10.6mWarren Kamanzi Defender Tromsø to ToulouseRight-back will join Ligue 1 side dealing with defensive injury crisisundisclosed fee26 December 2022Cody Gakpo Winger PSV Eindhoven to LiverpoolHighly-rated attacker set
Tag: Ligue 1
Laurent Blanc will need all of his defensive nous to succeed at Lyon
Despite being known as a stoic and intelligent centre-back, Laurent Blanc is Montpellier’s all-time top goalscorer. After graduating from the club’s youth system as a midfielder, Blanc scored 84 goals for the club between 1983 and 1991. Blanc retreated into defence as his career progressed, winning trophies for Auxerre, Barcelona,
Lyon dump Monaco out of the title race on another crazy night in Ligue 1
Lionel Messi double boosts Barcelona as Pochettino begins PSG reign with draw
PSG and Lyon warm up for Champions League in Coupe de la Ligue final
As infighting engulfs Ligue 1, Nice CEO Bob Ratcliffe plots a way forward
The state of French football is somewhat bleak. Luis Campos, one of the sport’s greatest talent-spotters, wants Lille to cancel his contract. Andoni Zubizarreta has quit his role of director of football at Marseille due to tensions with the club’s president, Jacques-Henri Eyraud, who has reportedly tried to turn influential
Amiens and Lyon threaten further action after Ligue 1 issues final table
Amiens and Lyon have both reacted angrily to Ligue 1’s decision to officially end their season on Thursday and determine final league placings, European qualification and relegation amid the Covid-19 crisis. The 2019-20 campaign was suspended as part of the French government’s steps to contain the spread of coronavirus last month.
Pape Diouf: Marseille’s fearless leader who changed French football forever
French football ‘could resume in mid-April’, says LFP president
Terrible Toulouse all but relegated but problems may be just beginning
Another week, another defeat for Toulouse in a relegation six-pointer against Dijon. Despite missing nearly an entire first team of players through injury and suspension, and having equalised after the hosts had taken the lead through Hamza Mendyl, Les Violets once again tasted defeat, extending their winless run to 18