If Goal! Football Club primarily deals with the news of certain elite teams, we have decided to give you a summary of what happened today in the other – less media-covered – part of France. soccer.
LOSC: Genesio on Niakhaté?
Bruno Genesio has no pity for OL. While the crisis brews, Ekrem Konur assures that LOSC is interested in central defender Moussa Niakhaté but it is a safe bet that the northern club will not match the price spent by Lyon this summer. Remember that the transfer of the former Valenciennes player surprisingly cost 31.9 million euros during the last summer transfer window. Crystal Palace would also be in the running. The English team of the Eagle Football galaxy also appreciates the Senegalese international and could allow John Textor to achieve a good deal.
OM: Longoria present at the 50th anniversary of the MHSC
Yesterday, Montpellier HSC celebrated 50 years of its existence with a gala poster organized between the Hérault “legends” and the International Football Club (5-1). “It’s an opportunity to get a lot of positive vibes, energy from our former players: they show that they are there, that they love the club, it can only be a good message for our current players, to see all the love there can be. Because we are not a club like the others,” says Laurent Nicollin in L’Équipe. It's hard to contradict him when you see nearly 300 former players taking to the pitch in a lap of honor, from Fleury Di Nallo to Nicolas Cozza, including representatives of all generations. Even OM president Pablo Longoria made the trip! “We are not the biggest French club, but we have our history, our heritage, our players, our stadium, our supporters: we are happy to be among ourselves, we are a family,” insists Nicollin. In modern football, it is perhaps a little overused, but as long as we have this state of mind, with my brother, we will remain at the head of the club. The day we no longer find ourselves in a family spirit, sharing with our elders, we will go and do something else. »
Stade de Reims: Top 6 goal posted!
If Luka Elsner is discreet about the objectives of Stade de Reims this season, Marshall Munetsi responded in place of his coach in L'Union: “It would be to finish in the Top 6-7. Last year, we had the possibility of finishing in the European places but we also had a difficult period. The club has invested a lot with recruits and young people. If we qualify for the European Cups, it will be good for us. »
RC Strasbourg: Pihlström in the viewfinder?
RC Strasbourg would be interested in Elias Pihlström, an 18-year-old Swedish winger playing for Degerfors in Sweden, who has just validated his rise to the first division. The Alsatian club will have to deal with competition from Elfsborg.
Girondins de Bordeaux: Carroll suspended
If the Girondins de Bordeaux have moved up to fifth place in the National 2 standings, and are eight points behind the leader, Saint-Malo, with a game in hand. But the scapular club learned something bad about Andy Carroll. Indeed, the English striker was suspended after receiving three warnings in less than ten matches and he was therefore logically punished for the next match in National 2, namely the summit clash in Saint-Malo.
