L’Équipe claim that contrary to reporting in England and France, Premier League side Manchester United haven’t actually tested West Ham United’s resolve with a formal offer for 22-year-old French defender Issa Diop, despite incessant contacts between the Red Devils and the player’s entourage.

Nor have there been formal discussions taking place between the two clubs – the outlet claims that this is about to change and United’s 1st formal bid should land on the Hammers’ table in the coming days.

The newspaper claims that West Ham’s position is that they do not want to sell Diop, but the door is ajar – as a result, MU will have to make a big effort, with it difficult to see their opening offer being worth less than €50m.

Diop himself has not earmarked this summer as an absolute must in terms of a departure from West Ham, but Manchester United’s interest will certainly make that position a little more tricky to internally justify.

However, the French youth international has decided that whatever happens, he will not force a move away from West Ham this summer, who believed in him to sign him from Toulouse last summer.

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Speaking in an interview with L’Équipe earlier this week, Celtic’s new French central defender Christopher Jullien discussed the move – highlights.

What do you take from your time at Toulouse (2016-2019)?

I arrived on tip-toes in Ligue 1, and in my first year. I am truly very happy with what I did. The second and third years, I am not satisfied with the image that I projected of myself. At the end of it all, it is a mixed bag, even if I finished well in the final months. I lacked consistency. The fact that I did not give everything that I was capable of is a source of dissatisfaction. I did not bring to Toulouse what I should have. As a collective, it was difficult as well. The club must be in the top 10 in Ligue 1. We didn’t achieve that. The squad last season was the best squad I had played in at Toulouse, and we still didn’t manage it.

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Do you feel like your time at Toulouse was a missed opportunity in terms of progression?

No, I don’t think so. Each challenge is another stage. What I experienced at Toulouse will help me progress. But it was the right time to leave. At my age, for my progression, with a desire to reach my peak, I had to go elsewhere. With the aim of winning trophies.

What is Celtic going to give you?

A superior stage. The choice was simple. This is a mythical club, with an incredible atmosphere. They play in the Champions’ League and a have a league that resembles the Premier League.

Your arrival in Celtic was met with a lot of enthusiasm in Scotland – how does it feel to be a star?

(laughs) I realised that immediately I would be recognised. They are the best fans in Europe. It will be up to me to meet their expectations. It is a beautiful challenge.

St Étienne yesterday announced the signing of Spanish right-back Sergi Palencia from Barcelona.

The player has signed a 4-year contract with Les Verts and joins for €2m.

The 23-year-old spent the 2018/19 campaign on loan at fellow French top flight side Bordeaux.

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La Provence this morning provided an update into the internal investigation ongoing at Marseille into the conduct of French World Cup winner Adil Rami, who is currently suspended by the club.

The 33-year-old was received at Marseille’s training centre, La Commanderie, by President Jacques-Henri Eyraud on Wednesday for a hearing relating to the disciplinary proceedings currently engaged against him. Rami has not been allowed to participate in pre-season and is preparing himself physically elsewhere on the Côte D’Azur.

The crux of this procedure falls on Rami’s absence from training on Monday 20th May, two days after the club’s victory over Toulouse, a match that he participated in.

That day, instead of reporting for training, he had set off for Charente-Maritime to participate in an episode of TV gameshow “Fort Boyard” (eventually aired on June 29th). On the agenda that day was a fight in the mud, which he participated in, despite being injured. The crux of the matter hinges upon whether or not Rami had received permission from then manager Rudi Garcia to make the trip.

The newspaper’s sources indicated that Garcia was in fact unaware that Rami would be participating in the TV show and learned of his player’s participation via the club when the league season was already concluded. At the time, Rami apparently told the French coach that he had to go to Paris for family reasons. When contacted by La Provence, Garcia preferred not to comment.

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L’Équipe report in tomorrow’s edition that Premier League side Arsenal on Thursday submitted an €80m bid to Lille Director General Marc Ingla, to be paid in several instalments.

This claim was confirmed to the newspaper on Saturday morning by the player’s entourage and follows TF1 reporting from earlier tonight.

After Inter Milan, Liverpool & Manchester United, this approach from another English club, is not necessarily likely to speed the Nicolas Pépé saga up.

The player’s representative, Samir Khiat, stated on Friday that “PSG was a possibility” for his client, but the newspaper claims that the Ligue 1 champions do not have the financial capabilities required to pull off the deal and are currently concentrating their efforts on signing a defensive midfielder and a central defender.

Only if Neymar departs will the situation look different, should PSG earn a considerable fee for the Brazilian. Even if that happens, new Sporting Director Leonardo would have to identify Pépé as his principal target in this area, something that remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, Les Dogues, who wanted this deal to be closed before AFCON, are beginning to grow impatient, but the Ivory Coast’s recent exit has brought us into a new phase of this saga. It has never been a doubt from LOSC’s side that Pépé will be sold this summer, however their intended incomings are somewhat financially dependent on this deal, thus delaying the construction of their squad for the 2019/20 campaign.

Nicolas Pépé and his advisors on their side do not want to make a mistake by choosing his next club incorrectly, and want to take time to think. They intend for this process to begin by Pépé meeting with all of the managers of the clubs that are interested in him for them to outline their intentions for the Ivorian and to explain in what specific role he would be utilised.

His relationship with national team boss Ibrahima Kamara remains tense, after producing a sub-par AFCON tournament on an individual level. Nicolas Pépé is not of the mind to skip steps in his progression and is therefore in the headspace of joining an “intermediary” club before going on to join, a current very big European club, which gives hope to the likes of Inter Milan and Arsenal at this stage.

LOSC won’t wait forever and want to complete most of their business before the end of the month, the sale of Pépé included…

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L’Équipe report that Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt have made an enquiry for 25-year-old French forward Ludovic Ajorque of Strasbourg game.

The 1.97m striker is under contract with Strasbourg until 2022, but has not yet been the subject of a more concrete approach from the side that just lost Sébastien Haller to West Ham United.

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Midi Libre report that 24-year-old Croatian international goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic will become Montpellier’s next #1 goalkeeper, to be signed from Dinamo Zagreb.

Citing Sportske Novosti, MHSC are understood to have agreed an €8m fee to sign the promising goalkeeping talent in a deal that includes a 20% sell-on percentage fee clause.

Barring an unbelievable u-turn, MHSC have successfully found their replacement for Benjamin Lecomte, who has joined AS Monaco.

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Speaking in an exclusive interview with RMC, Italian international and PSG midfielder Marco Verratti was asked about the future of team-mate Neymar.

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“I have not been able to speak much with him, but I think that he has experienced a difficult period, notably in terms of his injury that prevented him from playing the Copa America, because he had planned specifically to come back to be part of it. He also has dealt with some difficult moments in his private life, which has been talked about a lot…”

“Of course I would be disappointed to see him go. He is a truly great player. These things are between him and the club. I have never heard him say that he wants to leave, but I don’t know what he has said to the club. Personally, of course I would prefer him to stay.”

“PSG were not under any obligation to make me stay (when he was close to moving to Barcelona two years ago), because I think that if a player wants to leave, at the end he will always find a way to do so. And it is better that way, otherwise the club keeps someone who doesn’t want to be there, someone against the club… When a player really wants to leave, the club must let him go. On the financial conditions set by the club of course. But you should not keep a player who wants to leave.”

Nice-Matin reported earlier today that a planned meeting between OGC Nice’s current owners, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his team (the buyers) and the French football financial watchdog the DNCG was delayed owing to missing paperwork.

Both the current and future owners blame each other for this delay and a new date will have to be agreed imminently, OGC Nice’s summer transfer window depends on it.

A solution suggested by multiple parties is the possibility of a video conference, owing to the untimely nature of this acquisition, bang in the middle of individuals’ summer holidays.

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L’Équipe report that a trio of Premier League clubs, Southampton, Brighton and Crystal Palace, have all joined AS Monaco in the race to sign Montpellier right-back Ruben Aguilar.

The 26-year-old remains a priority for ASM, who want to sell Djibril Sidibé first before concluding a deal. Aguilar is under contract with MHSC until 2020 and ASM may have to move fast, as the usual Premier League last-minute panic sets in.

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