Ligue 1 side Reims have seen an offer for Belgian winger Alexis Saelemaekers, worth €5m, rejected by Anderlecht, according to Gianluca di Marzio.
The Belgian side are asking for between €10m and €15m. German side Freiburg had also made a bid worth €7.5m, similarly rejected.
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AC Milan are now interested in the 20-year-old as a replacement for Suso.
Speaking to Portuguese paper Record, Lille’s de facto Sporting Director Luis Campos responded to supposed recent approaches for his services from Premier League clubs.
“I feel very good in the Lille project, it is good for me and for the supporters. There are contacts and I do get enquiries, but each time I respond with the fact that I am concentrating on the progression of Lille. I am completely in love with signing players for between €0m to €3m or €3m to €6m. Players who, with the team that I have, will be worth much more in the future.”
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Speaking to RMC Sport tonight following PSG’s 2-1 loss away to Dortmund in the 1st leg of their Round of 16 clash, Brazilian defender Marquinhos sought to explain Les Parisiens’ disappointing showing.
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“We had ball possession in the 1st half but we did not have enough intensity. We lost a lot of balls. They tried to counter on the mistakes we made and that hurt us. We managed the 1st half well but we conceded twice on small details, with an attacker who has a feel for the goal. We managed to score a goal which is important for the 2nd leg.”
Speaking to RMC Sport following Tuesday night’s 2-1 1st leg defeat to Borussia Dortmund, Brazilian attacker Neymar sharpened his knives and took aim at PSG for not allowing him to play in the matches that preceded this UCL encounter on the grounds of protecting his fitness, when he had felt well enough to play.
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“It is difficult to spend four matches without playing, but, unfortunately, it was not my choice. It was a choice made by the club, the doctors. They took this decision and I did not like it. We had lots of discussions about this because I wanted to play. I felt good but the club was scared. In the end, I am the one who suffers. I understand the fear that the club was suffering from, because in the last two years I was not able to play in the Round of 16. I respect the decision, but it cannot be like this, because the player ends up suffering. It was very difficult to play a match like this, intense, 90 minutes without stopping. It is different. Had I been in better shape, I would certainly have played better.”
PSG attacker Kylian Mbappé trained as normal this morning ahead of this evening’s Champions’ League clash with Borussia Dortmund, according to RMC – the French international had missed sessions on the previous two days owing to a throat infection and fever.
The 21-year-old was tested as a precaution for COVID-19 yesterday, with TF1 reporting that the results came back negative, reaffirming that the PSG medical staff’s initial diagnosis of a considerable throat infection was accurate.
Mbappé’s presence at this morning’s session by no means guarantees that he will be in the starting XI vs Dortmund tonight, but strongly encourages the notion that he will play some role in this evening’s critical.
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Speaking to LesViolets.com, 18-year-old Cameroonian central midfielder Steve Mvoue confirmed that he is joining bottom of Ligue 1 side Toulouse FC this summer.
“I have chosen TFC, because it is a club that knows where I have come from.”
Mvoue has spent multiple stints with Les Violets on a trial basis over the last two years, with his brother Stéphane Zobo also currently at the club, who is a 19-year-old attacker currently playing for TFC’s reserve team in the French 5th division.
“I had trials with PSG, Lens, Monaco and Toulouse. Other clubs were interested in me joining you. It is my agent who dealt with all that. I chose Toulouse, because it is a bit the club that knows where I have come from. My first trial here occurred back in 2017. I came back in 2018 and 2019 where I did pre-season. Since, I have come to train here from time to time. It is a club where I feel good, where I know people. These elements motivated me to sign here.”
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He also confirmed that Paul Pogba is his idol:
“My model is Paul Pogba. I am technical, I have good vision and read the game well, a strong shot and athletic capacities. My weak points? I still need to improve a lot tactically and in my concentration. The coaches who have already rubbed shoulders with me in Toulouse have been making me work on that.”
Lewis McParlane is joined by Thomas Wiseman to discuss the career trajectory of one of the most under-appreciated midfielders in Europe, 25-year-old Angers SCO midfielder Baptiste Santamaria.
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Over the last few seasons, the midfield became a glaring weakness in the Paris Saint-Germain line-up. The lack of depth in this position has led to Marquinhos having to play minutes as a defensive midfielder, which is why during the summer transfer window, Les Parisiens purchased Idrissa Gueye from Everton FC for €32m.
Initially brought in to help fill the void in a deeper-lying role that was left vacant when Thiago Motta retired in 2018, Gueye has assumed various responsibilities in the midfield during his first seven months. Regardless of where the Senegalese international is on the pitch for PSG, he’s thriving and has helped Marco Verratti stabilise the midfield.
Bringing Versatility in Midfield
Gueye has made 31 total appearances for PSG this season, 19 coming in essentially a defensive midfield role where he’s become one of the better players in that position in Ligue 1. The 30-year-old brings physicality to the table, which is vital for Les Parisiens as the squad has lacked someone in the midfield that will both retrieve the ball and drive forward with it.
Known for his bustling style of play at former club Everton, one of the aspects Gueye’s form that’s translating back to the French league is indeed the high amount of tackles he’s executing per game. According to statistics from Get Football Group’s data partner InStat, he is in the top five in Ligue 1 when it comes to tackles per 90, achieving 3.54, with only Eduardo Camavinga, Lamine Fomba, and William Vainqueur averaging more than the Gueye for midfielders with more than 15 appearances.
Despite the physicality that Senegalese brings, his athleticism has enabled him to develop a knack for interceptions: another way in which he’s successfully disrupting opposition play. He ranks in the top ten in terms of interceptions in the French top flight per 90 with 1.8, further evidencing the extent of the versatility that Gueye brings to how he gets the ball to his talented, more attack-minded teammates.
When Gueye combines this pair of skills consistently over the course of a match, it results in monstrous performances, winning the majority of his duels like he achieved in the opening Champions’ League match against Real Madrid this season and during the return leg against Borussia Dortmund. As a result, if PSG are able to go on a deep run in Europe’s premier competition this season, they will need Gueye to bring this form for all remaining fixtures.
Shortcomings
There plenty of qualities that the 30-year-old has brought to PSG since arriving in the summer, but there are small details that Gueye might want to iron out as the capital club hopes to make a deep run in the Champions’ League.
In his first season, Gueye has shown that he’s more than capable of playing against top European clubs like Real and Dortmund, which is why they need him to be available for these important fixtures. The 30-year-old’s shortcomings thus far have not exactly manifested themselves on the pitch, but Gueye has endured two recurring injuries, one to the groin and the other to the hamstring, which have cost him to miss a couple of group stage matches in the Champions’ League.
If there’s anyone that needs to remain healthy going forward once the season resumes, it’s Gueye. With a thin midfield group, PSG potentially need Gueye to dial back the herculean efforts that he is constantly making to attempt to recover the ball at all costs in every fixture, such is his importance to the starting eleven.
The Future of Gueye Going Forward
At 30-years-old, Gueye is exiting the prime of his career, but he still can hold down the position of a box-to-box midfielder. With injuries, perhaps playing in the defensive midfield role is starting to become more demanding on the body. Taking a look at most of the significant matches PSG has played during the 2019/2020 season, Gueye has played the majority of the time in somewhat of a hybrid of the two positions: in a double pivot in Tuchel’s 4-4-2, which has seen him be relied upon as the more advanced midfielder positionally, with Verratti tasked with pulling the strings with passes from deeper. However, Gueye’s engine and flexibility have meant that he is also relied upon to stop opposition counters, so positionally he is expected to be deeper than Verratti in defence and further up the field in attack.
It is not sustainable for Gueye to continue exerting the effort and energy he does as a pure box-to-box in a two-man midfield, as he enters his thirties. In order to get the most out of Gueye and not endanger his long-term fitness, Tuchel either has to position him in the same role but in a three-man midfield, or fundamentally deeper, with Verratti playing as an advanced playmaker.
The future is however bright for Gueye and PSG, in the Qatari Sports Investment era, the club has a documented track record of squeezing a few good seasons out of players in their 30’s, particularly in the midfield. Blaise Matuidi and Thiago Motta were both able to give Les Parisiens exceptional output for years before departing from the squad. If Gueye can balance his physical form, maintaining the body as it ages, and having a manager to put him in a responsible position, then there’s no question Gueye can be serious net contributor to the club’s ultimate aim of winning the Champions’ League.
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L’Équipe report that 21-year-old French youth international central defender Malang Sarr is set to leave OGC Nice, after it emerged that the reality of his previously unclear contract situation is that his current deal expires in June.
Sarr, who has been forced out at left-back under Patrick Vieira, recently signed to agent Federico Pastorello, had serious interest from Gladbach last season, and remains a hot property on the German market.
His agent also has very close ties with a number of sides in Serie A.
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Speaking in an interview with L’Équipe, Ligue 1 side FC Nantes’ President Waldemar Kita took aim at French Minister for Sports Roxana Maracineanu for her constant justifications of the cancellation of the 2019/20 football campaign, a decision that was taken last week.
“Giving lessons, we are ok. There are people who have led companies for 40 years, like me, so excuse me, this lesson, is easy. I am not a politician, but stop wanting to try to tell us how to manage businesses. We can also ask who there are not enough masks. So everyone has their thing, everyone will be judged afterwards. To plan ahead yes, but we did not plan ahead to leave us in s**t. We worked for two months, four or five hours a day on video calls with 10 to 30 people, every two-three days, it was super tiring and we, we are the losers. We have to have the courage to stay, this was not the right decision that was taken, it is very harsh for the clubs, and at least here, not a single player did not want to restart, all they were asking for was to do so.”
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