With France Football’s deliberations for the 2021 Ballon d’Or now closed, here at GFFN voting for our inaugural French Player of the Year award is in full swing. Writers from across the Get Football team will be voting based on a short list of 30 French players (see below) currently playing across Europe, with the…

Sky Sports report this afternoon that Manchester United have identified Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino as their priority to take over at the end of the season. The Premier League side, who this morning confirmed the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjær after yesterday’s 4-1 defeat to Watford, have placed former midfielder Michael Carrick in charge on…

Le Monde report that former French international Eric Abidal is set to be questioned by police as part of the investigation into the attack on PSG Féminines player Kheira Hamraoui on November 4. After teammate Aminata Diallo was held in custody last week over a suspected link, investigators are now moving away from the scenario of…

L’Équipe report that following Lyon’s 4-1 loss to Rennes before the international break, tensions boiled over as a frustrated Jérôme Boateng clashed with Rayan Cherki in the dressing room.  The German defender was frustrated at the young midfielder for attempting, and failing, a nutmeg in his own half in the final minutes of the game, and…

Speaking to France Football in the wake of his seventh Ballon d’Or win, Lionel Messi notably discussed several aspects of his blockbuster arrival at Paris Saint-Germain this summer, including his friend Neymar offering him the number 10 shirt. Click Here: The Copa América winner also delves into the debate over whether he is the best of all…

MARSEILLE – 1 (Gerson 29) Pau López, 4 William Saliba, 4 Álvaro González, 4 Luan Peres, 4 Valentin Rongier, 3 Boubacar Kamara, 3 – He was extremely unfortunate to concede the penalty in the second half but again looked a little lethargic and was unable to impact the game as he would have hoped for…

As reported by Daily Mercato, Marseille’s young Senegalese forward has signed a new contract at the club. Having burst onto the scene with some important goals earlier in the year, Dieng has become a regular in the Marseille squad this season. The 21-year old had signed a new deal last summer which ran until 2024…

This article is part of GFFN’s French Player Of The Year Award 2021 countdown. Follow the daily feature series here on GFFN as we build up to naming the best French player in the world this year. Look out for 5th place tomorrow. 2021 has been a good year to say the least for Monaco central…

As reported by the club, in an unusual move, Angers have announced that they intend to loan both goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni and winger Sada Thioub to Saint-Étienne. A club tweet explained that ‘the loan of two of our players is part of the club’s logic in reducing its payroll and anticipating potential transfers, in order…

As reported by Foot Mercato, struggling at the bottom of the table with their squad depleted by departures for the African Nations Cup, Saint-Étienne had hoped to add PSG’s 23-year-old right-back Colin Dagba to their squad this month. PSG academy graduate Dagba, however, has turned down both the chance to move to Les Verts permanently…