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.
Marquinhos (ex-FC Nantes) loaned to Brazil
Difficult, of course, for fans of Nantes football to remember it. Because the player in question barely appeared in the FC Nantes jersey last season (7 appearances over the six months of his stay). But Marquinhos (21) leaves Arsenal again on loan. Not in the direction of France, and Ligue 1 this time, since the Auriverde winger took advantage of New Year’s Eve to decide to return to his country of origin, Brazil. Head to Cruzeiro for a year until December 2025.
Stade Rennais will recall Samaké
Very little used since the start of the season at Châteauroux (N1), where he only appeared on five small occasions, striker Wilson Samaké, aged 20, will break his loan and return to Stade Rennais in the next few days. Or depending on the recent winter transfer window, he will have to be patient to play an entire match with Rennes. Information given by our colleagues from Le Parisien.
AS Monaco heads towards Biereth, Ulgade towards PSG?
AS Monaco finally reaches the goal for the replacement of Folarin Balogun. It should be the Danish striker from the Austrian club Sturm Graz, Mika Biereth (21 years old). Our colleagues at Foot Mercato assure that the positions of the two clubs have become closer in recent hours while the Austrian D1 club initially demanded 20 million euros to release its goleador so that it joins the French Ligue 1.
Furthermore, while he was also mentioned by the Monaco Sports Association, the Costa Rican Manfred Ugalde (Spartak Moscow, 22 years old), current top scorer in Russian D1 with 15 goals, would be in the right papers from PSG according to local media Sport Express. This information is surprising to say the least when we know the drastic selection made by Luis Enrique, the PSG coach, at each transfer window. To be continued.
-Stade de Reims : Hiroki Sekine (Kashiwa Reysol) en approche…
According to local media Sponichi, right-back Hiroki Sekine (Kashiwa Reysol, 22 years old) will join Stade de Reims this winter and will swell the Japanese contingent of the Champagne club after internationals Junya Ito and Keito Nakamura.
…As well as a young Swedish defender
According to Foot Mercato, young Swedish defender Malcolm Jeng (IK Sirius, 19 years old) will also join Stade de Reims. The person concerned is expected in Champagne on Friday to undergo his medical examination. It remains to be seen whether he will be able to take part in the Ligue 1 match against OGC Nice on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Girondins: a Maribor striker arrives in Bordeaux
Bruno Irles, the coach, wanted to strengthen his attack at the Girondins de Bordeaux. He was obviously heard. On Thursday, the Navy and Whites announced the arrival until the end of the season of Maribor striker (Slovenian D1), Etienne Beugre, aged 24. The Ivorian giant (1m95) scored 3 goals in 11 matches and played in the European Cup in the first part of the season. Next meeting for the Bordeaux players, tomorrow Saturday (7 p.m.) against Granville.
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