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.
AS Monaco: 4 clubs want Eliesse Ben Seghir
According to Ekrem Konur, Eliesse Ben Serghir, who is having a great season (7 goals and 4 assists in 25 matches), is followed by Napoli and three Premier League clubs.
OGC Nice: Laborde courted this winter
Gaëtan Laborde becomes a bankable player again. According to Nice-Matin, several clubs have recently relaunched or established contacts for the OGC Nice striker. For his part, the former Girondins de Bordeaux scorer feels perfectly at home at the Gym, in a region that he greatly appreciates and where he is preparing to welcome his fourth daughter. However, his future does not depend solely on him, his status as the club's highest paid player could come into play. To be continued…
RC Strasbourg: a winger recruited by Chelsea and sent to Racing?
According to L'Equipe, Chelsea could recruit young winger Yeremay Hernandez, who plays at Deportivo La Coruna, by the end of the transfer window. In the negotiations between the Blues and the Spaniard, a loan to Racing would have been mentioned. Furthermore, Direct Racing understands that the RCSA plans to strengthen its squad by recruiting one or two experienced players this winter!
LOSC: Miller not hot for Saudi Arabia?
According to La Voix du Nord, a club in Saudi Arabia contacted Thomas Meunier to discuss a possible transfer. However, the player's family would not be very enthusiastic about leaving LOSC to reach this exotic destination.
TFC: Martinez Novell protested against arbitration
Yesterday, the Violets lost 1-2 at the Stadium against Strasbourg. For TFC coach Carles Martinez Novell, the person responsible for this defeat is obvious: “We are really very angry. It's football, it's the game, we could have done better things in the first half, but we were able to score. We scored a second goal, but it was refused… There is a lot of anger. The referee was zero. The referee says that Mark McKenzie obstructed the opposing goalkeeper, but he was not looking at the ball. I don't want to add any more on this subject at all… I'm going to keep the positive, there are good things. We didn't have the best start to the match possible. It lacked energy and rhythm, then we found that again. The ground was slippery, as we saw with Guillaume (Restes). We will need to come back well in the next match. We have to go little by little. We deserved to get a draw, but someone decided not to.”
Stade de Reims: decisive day for Elsner, it’s official for Jeng
This Monday there should be a meeting between managers of Stade de Reims to discuss the future of Luka Elsner. The Champenois have not won for six days in the league and remain with a defeat at home against Nice (2-4). Yesterday, in the middle of the afternoon, Stade de Reims formalized the recruitment of young Swedish central defender Malcolm Jeng (19 years old). He arrives from Sirius for an amount that has not been filtered. Its rating is €1.5 million on Tranfermarkt. A timely arrival given how the Champagne defense collapsed on Saturday at Delaune against OGC Nice (2-4), provoking the anger of the supporters…
SCO Angers: financial problems resolved?
According to Romain Molina, the SCO is about to resolve its cash flow problems by taking out a loan. Loan which will be repaid this summer via the sale of several players. In the meantime, the promoted team has won five of its last nine matches, including the very important one on the Montpellier pitch (3-1) yesterday afternoon.
MHSC: Gasset sounds the alarm
Beaten by Angers at La Mosson yesterday and provided with nine small points after the first leg, Montpellier HSC is heading straight towards Ligue 2. “It reminded me of my first match against Toulouse (0-3, October 27) , we were in panic…, breathed Jean-Louis Gasset after the meeting. I saw a first period where we were afraid, and it's very serious, in an important match like that, to refuse the game, not to be confident, not to give everything. You have to face reality, it was very difficult. Today, it's mission impossible. Halfway through the Championship, we lost at Le Havre (0-1), at Saint-Étienne (0-1), at home against Angers… It's going to take a little miracle. »
Girondins: Oliver Kahn with Saudi funds?
Le Journal du Dimanche assured yesterday that Oliver Kahn would be in discussions with Saudi investors to enter the capital of the Girondins de Bordeaux. A meeting with Gérard Lopez is scheduled soon. There will be talk of a possible legal recovery of the FCGB, which could derail the operation.
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