Achraf Dari set to complete Brest move

Posted on April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 by mobanmarket

Moroccan international defender Achraf Dari (23) is set to complete his move from Wydad Casablanca this week, after the move was held up by administration linked to the player’s visa, according to L’Équipe.

Dari, who has two caps for the Moroccan national side is set to join the club on a four-year deal. An estimated €2.7m fee has been agreed between the clubs, and the deal would have been completed sooner if not for the visa process holding up the officialisation of the transfer.

Dari is now expected in Brittany next week in order to complete the signing, and he will be available in time for the club’s start to the Ligue 1 season.

Dari has come through the ranks at Wydad Casablanca and has since gone on to make 139 appearances for the side, scoring 11 goals. Should his transfer be confirmed in the coming days, he will become Brest’s fifth signing of the current transfer window.

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Real Mallorca have contacted Léo Jardim (Lille)

Posted on April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 by mobanmarket

L’Équipe report that LaLiga outfit Real Mallorca have made contact with Portuguese goalkeeper Léo Jardim over a possible transfer from Lille during this summer transfer window. This follows news of them submitting an initial offer for Reims shot-stopper Predrag Rajković.

The 27-year-old joined Les Dogues in 2019 but has made just 16 appearances in Ligue 1, playing second fiddle initially to Mike Maignan. When the French international left last summer to move to AC Milan, Jardim expected to be given a chance as the starting goalkeeper, but LOSC instead signed Ivo Grbić from Atletico Madrid on loan.

The 26-year-old was a source of disappointment for Les Dogues, in a disappointing 2021/22 campaign that resulted in the club finishing in mid-table. Grbić was so poor that Jardim was given a chance in the league halfway through the season by Jocelyn Gourvennec.

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Whilst initial talks between Jardim and Mallorca have occurred, the Spanish 1st division outfit have yet to make informal or formal contact with Lille.

LOSC’s new boss, Paulo Fonseca, stated in a recent press conference that he is not expecting Jardim to depart this summer, with the player under contract until June 2024.

Over 32,000 spectators expected for Lens vs Inter Milan

Posted on April 3, 2023October 22, 2024 by mobanmarket

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Ahead of RC Lens’ penultimate pre-season friendly tonight, in which the northern side will face Italian giants Inter Milan, L’Équipe report that the Stade Bollaert-Delelis is expecting a strong turnout, with over 32,000 spectators set to attend the warm-up game. As a result, Lens are just short of a sell-out, with their stadium capable of hosting 38,000.

Indeed, Lens have one of the best attendance records in the French top flight since their return two seasons ago. Last season, they maintained the fifth highest attendance in the league, behind Marseille, PSG, Lyon and Lille. Furthermore, they now boast the fifth biggest stadium in the league, following the relegation of Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne last season.

Manager Franck Haise was particularly pleased with the news: “It’s so amazing to be able to welcome 32,000 people and to experience that. To host Inter Milan shows that we are an attractive side, in terms of our style of play, our league position and our environment. Inter would not have come before. It’s exceptional for the club. It will allow the new recruits to test the water. We’ll be virtually a full house.”

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Rennes set to accept Bayern Munich’s €30m Mathys Tel offer

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by mobanmarket

Foot Mercato are reporting that Rennes are ready to accept Bayern Munich’s €30m offer for striker Mathys Tel (17), whilst the Breton club are already actively searching for a replacement.

Tel made only 10 appearances for Rennes last season, but his appearances for the club, as well as his five goals in six appearances for the France U18 side have caught the attention of the German champions. Having already refused two offers from Bayern Munich, Rennes are ready to accept the third.

Some “final details” still need to be sorted before the deal is officialised, but according to Foot Mercato, Tel has already cleared his locker at Rennes.

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To replace Tel, Rennes have lined-up Caen forward Norman Bassette (17). However, Rennes will face European-wide competition for his signature. Frankfurt, Torino and Lens are all interested in the player, who has only made one first-team appearance for the Ligue 2 club. He did, however, score five goals in five games in the Gambardella Cup.

Gasly relieved: No further action on clash with Ocon

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by mobanmarket

The Australian Grand Prix stewards have taken no further action on the late race incident involving Alpine drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.

The pair came together shortly after the race’s second restart when pandemonium ensued in the field.

Gasly had been forced to run wide onto the grass at the first corner to avoid hitting Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin. But when he came back onto the track he drifted right into the path of his teammate’s car.

The contact sent both cars into the outside wall and into retirement.

Read also: Ocon blasts ‘suicidal’ drivers on final restart

The stewards put the run-in under investigation, but it was a delicate case for Gasly who is just two points shy of a race ban on his F1 superlicence.

But the Frenchman was ultimately spared any further drama as the officials opted to take no further action.

“The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 10 (Pierre Gasly), the driver of Car 31 (Esteban Ocon), a team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and in-car video evidence and determined that it was a first lap racing incident,” read a statement from the Stewards.

“Both cars recognised and accepted this as such. In the circumstances, we took no further action.”

Ocon ws quick to absolve his teammate of any wrongdoing, but was critical of the driving standards of several of his rivals on the restart, calling their behaviour “a bit suicidal”.

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Australian GP: Sunday’s action in pictures

Posted on April 3, 2023December 4, 2024 by mobanmarket

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Well, this year’s Australian GP was certainly no walk in Albert Park, with a record three red flags and three standing starts enjoyed by F1 fans.

Check out our recap in pictures of Sunday’s action from Melbourne.

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United Rugby Championship: Lionel Mapoe keen to get stuck into Sharks’ Springbok centres

Posted on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 by mobanmarket

Bulls outside centre Lionel Mapoe is relishing going up against the Sharks’ midfield duo of Lukhanyo Am and Rohan Janse van Rensburg when the teams meet in Saturday’s United Rugby Championship (URC) encounter in Durban.

Am and Janse van Rensburg combined brilliantly when the Sharks cruised a 37-10 victory over the Lions in Johannesburg last weekend, and Mapoe expects a tough duel against his fellow Springboks.

World class opponents

“They pose a different challenge, and I’m looking forward to playing against them. They’re some of the best centres in the world,” he said.

“We know that they are going to be physical and that they can also play with a bit of flair. There are both of those aspects, and it’s going to be tough.

“We thought the Stormers was going to be tough, but this weekend in a sense, is going to be even more physical.”

The reference to the Stormers comes after the Bulls suffered a 37-27 defeat to their arch-rivals in Cape Town last Friday.

The build-up to that match was dominated by the Pretoria-based outfit’s director of rugby Jake White‘s decision to rest his first-choice players for two Champions Cup matches against Lyon and Exeter Chiefs.

Mapoe, who was amongst those rested players, said the Bulls players supported White’s selection rotation policy.

“It worked really well for me because you get the rest you need, and it’s still a long competition,” he said.

“They’re trying to manage us to get the best out for the team, and we are buying into the coach’s plan.”

In the defeat to the Stormers, the Bulls conceded three tries in five minutes, and Mapoe said they worked hard to ensure that such lapses in concentration do not happen again.

“We went in with a plan last week that didn’t work. We let ourselves down and the fans down,” he said.

“We first have to fix ourselves and come out onto the field and go through it again with all our training.

“It’s not like we went out there on Saturday to just switch off in that period of the game where they scored three tries.

Should not have happened

“We have looked at the video, and it’s something we can manage. That shouldn’t have happened.

“It’s on ourselves to be better than what we were and not have that lapse of concentration.”

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Nice are interested in French midfielder Alexis Beka Beka

Posted on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 by mobanmarket

According to L’Équipe, OGC Nice are interested in French midfielder Alexis Beka Beka (21), who currently plays his football for Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, following a €6m move from second-tier Caen last summer.

Following an impressive 2020/21 campaign with the Norman side, Beka Beka piqued the interest of a number of clubs, with Nice being closely linked with the player this time last year. This year’s preliminary discussions between the two parties have reportedly already been conducted, however Les Aiglons are yet to make an offer for the young Frenchman, despite being one of Lucien Favre’s priorities

While the 21-year-old featured prominently for the Russian side last season, making 19 appearances and registering four assists, it is unknown whether Lokomotiv would be open to letting Beka Beka go. The midfielder, who featured in France’s disappointing Olympic campaign in Japan last summer, has already played in both of the opening matches of the new Russian season, but will be temporarily suspended following his red card this weekend.

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Nantes continue negotiations for Hwang Ui-Jo (Bordeaux)

Posted on April 2, 2023December 18, 2024 by mobanmarket

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20 Minutes report that Ligue 1 side Nantes continue advanced negotiations with Bordeaux to sign Korean international attacker Hwang Ui-Jo following Les Girondins being maintained in the French 2nd division.

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Les Canaris’ boss, Antoine Kombouaré, has made Hwang his absolute summer transfer window priority. The two presidents, Gérard Lopez and Waldemar Kita, have an agreement in principle over a €5m transfer, but the deal has not yet been closed.

The player is having contract talks with the player, but Bordeaux also have proposals from 2 MLS clubs which are worth a little more than the €5m agreed in principle with Nantes for an eventual transfer.

Les Girondins are hoping to leverage these proposals from the United States to get Nantes to increase their proposal for €6m.

Following the decision by the FFF to maintain Bordeaux in Ligue 2, overturning the DNCG decision to relegate them for financial irregularities to the French 3rd division, Les Girondins now need to make a number of player sales.

Russell ready to fight: ‘We’ve got to go for the win!’

Posted on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 by mobanmarket

George Russell says Mercedes should go all-in at the start of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix and take the challenge to poleman Max Verstappen after the team’s upbeat performance in qualifying.

Thanks to a well-executed Saturday afternoon session in Melbourne, Russell will line up alongside Verstappen on Sunday’s grid with his teammate Lewis Hamilton just behind in third position.

Russell ended up just 0.236s adrift from Verstappen in the Q3 shootout, the smallest margin so far this season between Red Bull and Mercedes, and a gap that should encourage the Brackley squad to pull out the stop from the outset.

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“We’ve got to go for it, haven’t we?” Russell said in Saturday’s post-qualifying press conference in Melbourne. “We’ve got to go for the win.

“Max is going to be extremely fast, there’s no hiding that. I think it’s difficult to overtake around this circuit, so the start, lap one, is going to be vital.

“But the Red Bull has extraordinary top speed, so it’s going to be very difficult to fight with Max.

“But, let’s see how we get on. We’ve got to do our race. But if the opportunity is there, we’ll go for it.”

Read also: Russell ‘disappointed’ to miss out on Melbourne pole

Due to Friday’s disrupted sessions, Mercedes was unable to really gauge its race pace, so it’s unclear if Russell and Hamilton will be able to hook on to and battle Verstappen’s dominant RB19 early on.

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But with Sergio Perez starting last as the result of his dismal qualifying session, Russell says Mercedes will at least have the advantage of the numbers at the start.

“I haven’t even done a long run,” he said. “So, tomorrow, going into the race will be the first time I do so. And I’ve not seen where we tally up compared to them.

“But we have to expect they’re going to be 0.25s-0.5s, at least quicker than us. But, maybe in the tow we can just about hold on.

“Maybe the fact there’s two of us and only one Red Bull, maybe with strategy we can apply some pressure to them. So, we’ll see.”

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