Ezequiel Lavezzi to leave PSG?

Speaking to French TV show Téléfoot this morning, PSG’s attacking midfielder Ezequiel Lavezzi confirmed that this is likely to be his last season at the club.

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 “I wanted to stay because I believe in the team. This year, it will be harder for me to play. That’s stimulating for me, there is competition. This year, very important players have arrived, which will make the team even stronger than last year.”

“Is this my final year in Paris? I think so, yes. But I am relaxed. I want to finish in the best possible way. If Nasser wants me to stay? You never know what might happen. Today, my thinking is like this, tomorrow we will see. I am relaxed about it.”

Marseille get away with lenient sanctions for violence vs Lyon

Last night the LFP confirmed the sanctions that Marseille were to face for violent fan behaviour at their game against Lyon at the Velodrome on the 20th September.

Marseille have been hit with a further, partial, one match stadium ban, closing the south stand, which is renowned for its ultras. Both the north and south stands had been closed for Marseille’s recent home game against Angers, so that takes the total punishment to two home games without the south stand and one without the north stand.

Marseille were also fined €40,000 for failing to control their fans, especially regarding behaviour directed at Mathieu Valbuena.

The LFP have admitted that the measure that OM have taken in order to prevent such an incident happening again have contributed to their clemency in this regard.

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Giannelli Imbula chooses Belgium

Former Marseille central midfielder and FC Porto player Giannelli Imbula has begun the procedure to represent Belgium as his national team of choice.

Imbula was born near Brussels and after months of charm offensives from the Belgian FA and specifically the national team boss Marc Wilmots, it is believed that Imbula and his entourage have given Belgium an oral agreement to play for them, with the objective being to play a part in EURO 2016, according to L’Équipe.

However, Imbula must first obtain Belgian nationality and then make his decision official. Will Deschamps attempt to hijack the player’s decision, much like he did when Nabil Fékir first chose to represent Algeria last year?

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Remi Garde – Aston Villa talks to continue today

Talks between Aston Villa and former Lyon manager Remi Garde are due to continue today concerning the vacant managerial position.

The Frenchman as supposed to commentate on the Manchester derby yesterday afternoon for his current employers Canal +, but talks between Garde and Aston Villa prevented him from doing so, according to L’Équipe.

Aston Villa announced the departure of Tim Sherwood at around lunchtime yesterday, but the Villains had been looking for potential replacements long before that point, having already contacted Brendan Rodgers, David Moyes and Remi Garde before Sherwood’s sacking.

Since leaving Lyon in 2014, Remi Garde has rejected several offers, including jobs at Newcastle and very recently at Sunderland. The biggest challenge that Garde faces is ensuring that he can bring and much of his favoured coaching staff with him at such short notice.

Bruno Genesio is somebody that Garde played with at Lyon and was his assistant manager during his spell on OL’s touchline, but Genesio stayed on at Lyon when Garde left and is currently part of Hubert Fournier’s coaching staff. Genesio is vital to Garde’s setup but Lyon are perhaps unlikely to let him leave his current position.

Gérard Baticle and Robert Duverne are the other two individuals that Garde most wants in his potential coaching staff at Aston Villa, but the former is currently employed by Lyon still and Duverne is under contract with Metz.

Duverne of course has already worked for Aston Villa under the orders of Gérard Houllier, between September 2010 and June 2011.

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For Aston Villa, Remi Garde has become a priority because Arsène Wenger has pushed them to go for the former Lyon manager. Wenger has reportedly encouraged Chief Executive Tom Fox and Sporting Director Hendrik Almstadt to appoint Garde, the latter individual of course being a former employee at Arsenal.

If Garde decides to accept the Aston Villa challenge, which will surely depend on how much of his coaching staff he can pull together at such short notice, then he will have a rich array of French/Ligue 1 talent at his disposal. Garde is very much considered by Arsène Wenger as a possible replacement for him at Arsenal, but Remi Garde must prove his credentials in the Premier League first.

Mino Raiola tells French radio Everton will sell Romelu Lukaku for a fair price

Mino Raiola revealed to French radio station RMC that Everton manager Roberto Martinez has told him that he would let Romelu Lukaku go for a fair price.

Raiola had the following to say on the subject:

“Lukaku to PSG? We had a discussion with Martinez, he said he would let him leave Everton if a good offer comes in. But talking about the transfer window now makes no sense.”

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Kevin Trapp “angry at himself” over mistake that led to loss vs Real Madrid

Speaking to the media zone following PSG’s 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid last night, German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp admitted that he was “angry with himself” for costing his side a result with a goalkeeping howler in the first half.

“We were the better team and we had many chances to score a goal. But at the end, we lose the match 1-0 and its terrible. Everybody us disappointed, of course, because you should win this game normally. We had the chances and to lose a match like this, it’s bizarre.”

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“I think you have already seen (the goal)… I do not look very good, that’s clear. I did not see the Real Madrid player initially. When I saw him, it was too late. It is bad and we have lost our first game 1-0, in a match we would normally have won… We can not always speak when someone makes a mistake, that is a part of football. We had another 45 minutes to score a goal and we didn’t. We are disappointed by that.”

“Of course I am angry with myself… I always want to be 100%, I want to help the team, and there, I made a mistake, it is bad for me.”

Kingsley Coman: “I don’t regret leaving PSG.”

Speaking at a press conference at the French national team’s training base at Clairefontaine, Bayern Munich youngster Kingsley Coman was asked a number of questions.

On his inclusion in the national team squad: “I have a card to play. There will be a chance for me right up until the final squad is named.”

On Franck Ribèry: “He congratulated me. Otherwise, he himself has started to run and make touches with the ball again.”

On Bayern Munich: “The project at Bayern suited me better than the one at Juventus. But I did not know I would get into the Les Bleus squad this quickly.”

On his current form: “I am playing in big matches with big players. That helps!”

On PSG: “I do not regret having left PSG… I do not know if I was appreciated enough at PSG. I was looked upon like a youngster from the academy rather than a youngster from the first team squad.”

On his welcome to the national team: “I was very well received. I am singing this evening for my initiation. I have not yet chosen a song, I will let my heart sing… I come here with the intention to turn the tables, it is normal. I have no more pressure here than at my club.”

On Juventus: “I have nothing bad to say about them.”

On his character: “I am somebody who is calm, who observes a lot… My personal ambitions are very big but I cannot say them so as not to give you the wrong idea about me.”

On playing against Germany: “The players at Bayern said it would be good for me if I was called up to the national team [for the fixture against Germany]. After my selection, we did not talk about it.”

On Paul Pogba: “We were happy to see each other again. We had a lot to catch up on.”

On his approach to press conferences: “You are normal people… I try to dodge interviews so that my words are not twisted.”

On his braids: “They represent the colours of the Antilles: Red: the blood of slaves, Yellow: The sun, Green: the fauna, the forest.”

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