As reported by French outlet Foot Mercato, Premier League club Newcastle United have made a €60m offer for Benfica’s highly-regarded young striker Darwin Nunez.

The 22-year-old Uruguayan forward has managed six goals in six Champions League games for the Portuguese club this season as well as 24 goals in 24 Portuguese league matches.

PSG are also keen on the striker, as are Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Atlético Madrid say the outlet, and it remains to be seen if Benfica will accept this huge Newcastle offer with the summer still to come.

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As reported by BUT, PSG are looking at signing Juventus’ 28-year-old Argentine forward Paulo Dybala this summer as his contract expires at the end of the season.

As they did last summer, in signing Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos and Gianluigi Donnarumma on free transfers, PSG are looking to repeat the trick by capitalising on Dybala’s contractual situation in Italy and spoke with the player’s entourage over a possible move to Paris. PSG sporting director Leonardo has been following the player for several seasons.

Dybala is seen as a low-cost part of the strategy to replace Kylian Mbappé, should the Frenchman leave Paris this summer, but PSG will need to beat Atlético Madrid and Tottenham to the player’s signature with a contract extension at Juve still in flux also.

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As reported by L’Équipe, Belgian club Zulte Waregem are looking at signing Clermont goalkeeper Arthur Desmas.

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Having been promoted with Clermont for this Ligue 1 season, the 28-year-old Desmas has endured a difficult campaign in the French top flight and lost his spot as first choice to Ouparine Djoco earlier this season before recently returning to the team as Clermont battle relegation.

However, although the Frenchman’s contract runs to 2023, Belgian strugglers Zulte are looking at signing the ‘keeper this summer and are hoping to open talks with Clermont soon as they search for a new goalkeeper.

In an interview with Spanish programme Universo Valdano – transcribed in 20 minutes – Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti notably discussed his time at Paris Saint-Germain, in particular the reasons for his departure.

The Italian manager prepares to face Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals tonight, having knocked out his former club in the Round of 16.

“I went there thanks to [sporting director] Leonardo, who I managed as a player. It was a club that Qatar had recently bought. I really liked the project and there wasn’t a manager yet.”

“We started to change the structure of training sessions, to put in a kitchen, etc. Because French players arrive half an hour before training and leave half an hour afterwards. I liked the project, but in the second year they weren’t so happy with me.”

“For a Champions League match in which we were already through to the knockouts, we had lost a League game [to Nice, 1-2] before winning [against Evian, 4-0], and they told me that if I didn’t beat Porto, they would sack me. I told them, how can you say that to me, it breaks our trust. I decided to leave in February, even if they wanted to renew me.”

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In an interview published in today’s L’Équipe, Lyon midfielder Jeff Reine-Adélaïde has recounted his long road back from a cruciate ligament injury which kept him out for an entire year.

The former Arsenal man was going through his second cruciate injury of his career – this time on the other knee – and returned to action in January. He reveals that retirement crossed his mind during that particularly difficult time.

What stages do you go through?

The first is sadness. It really, really hurts to get injured just as you’re hitting form and you’ve worked hard to come back. Then there’s a stage where you question yourself. Will I be able to come back again? Then your passion gains the upper hand and you get back down to work. But when the injury comes back is when you’re at rock bottom. At that time, the club staff and my teammates helped me a lot and surrounded me with positive vibes.

Did you think about retiring?

Yes, I have to say that it crossed my mind, I had it at the back of my mind. But my mentality is that of a winner, not a loser, that’s why it only crossed my mind. I pulled myself back up because I put things into perspective a lot, I told myself that there are worse cases than me. 

It’s definitely hard to be injured and have to undergo an operation. But during my rehabilitation I had the time to invest myself in charitable causes and I saw children who no longer had parents, or who were handicapped. That gave me the desire to get back there again. I’m lucky enough to be able to play football, so I couldn’t stay in that slump.

Do you not realise that before getting injured?

Us footballers are in our bubble. We don’t see what’s going on outside. And while I was injured, I tried to reconnect with the outside world, to humanity, to see what’s happening around us. It did me a lot of good and gave me a lot of values. Because you can sometimes lose these values because of football. We don’t have the same reality as other people, we’re disconnected. My rehabilitation was good for me in terms of that, at least.

Was it the most difficult period?

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Yes, it’s the most difficult time I’ve experienced. I was alone at the hospital for a month, without being able to have visitors. I was alone in my room with my pain, I wouldn’t sleep at night. I was lying down and waiting. So yes, it’s the worst thing to ever happen to me.

Ligue 1 21/22, Round 34 – 24/4/22

RENNES – 5 (Bourigeaud 17, Terrier 19, Traoré 47, Tait 79, Laborde 90)

Doğan Alemdar, 5

Hamari Traoré, 7 – Always trouble on his flank via pacey overlapping and a handful of whipped deliveries, one of which led to the fourth after his near post header just half half time made it 3-0. Very little to do defensively.

Warmed Omari, 5

Nayef Aguerd, 4

Adrien Truffert, 5

Baptiste Santamaria, 5

Flavien Tait, 7

Lovro Majer, 6

Benjamin Bourigeaud, 7 – Another effective and creative display, especially before the break, from arguably Ligue 1’s Non-Kylian player of the season. He reacted well to smash home the opener and his cross assisted the third that ended the game as a contest.

Martin Terrier, 7 – He slipped in behind the full-back to create the opener for Bourigeaud and he calmly stroked home to score his 21st goal of the Ligue 1 season to make it 2-0. An underrated player in a team of stars who was too good for Lorient’s workmanlike defence.

Serhou Guirassy, 3

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Others: Martin 5, Laborde 6, Ugochukwu 5, Meling 5, Assignon 6.

LORIENT – 0

Matthieu Dreyer, 3

Houboulang Mendes, 3

Julien Laporte, 3

Léo Pétrot, 3

Vincent Le Goff, 3

Armand Laurienté, 6 – Having been a major influence in the club’s recent uptick, his resting for this derby robbed the visitors of much of their pace and creativity in attack. But, due to Innocent’s early injury, he was quickly introduced and was the only FCL forward to affect the game.

Thomas Monconduit, 4

Laurent Abergel, 5

Quentin Boisgard, 3

Enzo Le Fée, 4

Ibrahima Koné, 3

Others: Innocent 4, Moffi 5, Dango 5, Lemoine 4, Soumano 5.

Paris Saint-Germain secured their record-equalling tenth Ligue 1 title tonight with a draw over Lens, as what looked to be Lionel Messi’s winner was cancelled out late by Corentin Jean.

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A cagey first half saw a number of chances fall the hosts’ way, but Jean-Louis Leca was equal to all of them . Lens also posed a threat on the break, with mercurial midfielder Séko Fofana notably at the heart of the action in leading his team forward.

The second half saw Lens’ sturdy defence continue, until centre-back Kevin Danso was sent off on the hour mark after a second yellow, having tackled Neymar from behind in front of the penalty area.

With his team struggling to break through, it was Lionel Messi who came up with the flash of inspiration to open the scoring. Found in space on the edge of the box by Neymar, the Argentine unleashed a shot into the roof of the net, finally beating Jean-Louis Leca, who had been imperious in the Lens goal up until then.

Despite the occasion, the ultras continued their protest towards both the club’s upper management and the team itself by sitting in silence, as they have done so since the Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.

The fans also booed as Mauricio Pochettino’s name was called out along with the starting lineup – none of the players were given the same treatment this time, however. The overall atmosphere, barring a few scattered bursts of chanting from other sections of the stadium, was fairly muted. On 75 minutes, a pre-planned protest saw many of the Virage Auteuil ultras pack up and leave to go celebrate the title outside.

Corentin Jean’s late goal at the back post ensured Lens came back with a well-deserved point, with their overall performance mirroring their return to form of late that has seen them with a chance of European competition for next season.

As reported by Foot Mercato, Rennes captain Hamari Traoré is attracting interest over a possible move to England or Germany this summer after a prolific season which has seen him contribute three goals and ten assists from right-back in Ligue 1.

The 30-year-old Malian international, formerly of Paris FC and Stade Reims, is enjoying arguably his best ever season, something that hasn’t gone unnoticed at Borussia Dortmund who’ve enquired over his availability. Although they’re yet to follow up, current options Marius Wolf and Thomas Meunier have disappointed the club say the outlet. 

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Eintracht Frankfurt and multiple Premier League sides are also keen on the experienced full-back whose contract expires in 2023.

RMC Sport report this afternoon that Paris Saint-Germain are still in the running to sign Ousmane Dembélé, with the Barcelona man’s contract expiring at the end of the season.

The club have been in discussions with the France winger’s representatives since January, when he was at the centre of a protracted saga around his renewal talks which saw him temporarily excluded from the Blaugrana squad.

He has since returned to the set-up and has emerged as one of Xavi’s key players in the second half of the season, having been told just months ago to leave the club by director Mateu Alemany.

Nevertheless, the outlines of a PSG contract have already been established. The former Rennes man is waiting to see what the management’s decisions for next season will be, notably with regard to Mauricio Pochettino’s successor on the bench.

While a move back to Ligue 1 is a possibility, the chances of a renewal at Barcelona have also increased, with two meetings recently taking place between the Frenchman and the La Liga side’s management.

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In an interview published in today’s L’Équipe, Bordeaux’s technical director Admar Lopes has discussed the club’s poor showing this season and the factors behind its struggles.

How can a team that’s only won 5 times this season stay up in the last four games of the season?

Mathematically, there’s still hope. That’s the message of trust I want to get across. There are four chances left. If we win against Nice [on Sunday], it can change everything. We need to believe in it all together, and I’ll support the squad until the end. We’ve shown in the last month and a half in certain games that we’re capable of defending and scoring goals. The problem is that it’s a two-faced team and you never know which one will show up. This team has a serious problem with managing the scoreline and emotions.

Shouldn’t the arrivals of Marcelo and Josuha Guilavogui in January, as well as that of David Guion as manager, have solved that issue?

These changes created a positive impact at the start. The issue is that when you change manager and bring in important players, you have to win straight away. Otherwise it creates insecurity. In our case it took a month and half… It was a key moment.

Looking from the outside, nothing has worked this season – neither your managerial choices nor the players you have signed

We’ve made a few errors. But the fact the club was bought late [made official in July] was also decisive. Usually, a transfer window is planned out in May-start of June. We started at the end of July and we made our first sale – Toma Bašić to Lazio – on August 24. Those aren’t excuses but it was a difficult context with financial restraints. We started the season with a coach that hadn’t done a pre-season [Petković]. With regard to the profiles of the players we recruited, we knew there were risks but we didn’t have the choice. We worked with what we inherited.

What’s been your biggest error?

It’s lots of small errors. Everyone is responsible.

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Is being 19th a reflection of the level of the team?

The table doesn’t lie. It’s a reflection of the squad, the players’ mentality, the quality of our work on a daily basis…

Is it a failure you take responsibility for?

Yes. When you work in football and that you’re a decision-maker, you’re always subject to criticism. That’s normal. What’s not is that Bordeaux are 19th. But with regard to the criticism, it has to be said that it’s easy to speak in this period where the club is in great difficulty. But this summer, when the club was also in great danger, where were those same people who are criticising us now? What have they done to help the club?

The way the Laurent Koscielny and Benoît Costil situations have been managed have also seen a lot of people speak. Would you have done differently?

We’re aware that we made decisions which are not very popular. We went for mainstays of the dressing room, but we did so because we felt it was needed. If I had to go back I would do exactly the same thing.

Is bringing Costil back for the Nantes game a month after taking him out of the team after the Montpellier match not an admission of defeat?

After Montpellier, the coach told me that in sporting terms Benoît wasn’t at his best, that he was coming back from injury and that he wanted to play Gaëtan [Poussin]. After our struggled at Lyon [6-1 loss] and the disappointment at Saint-Étienne [2-2 draw] he told me that he wanted to bring in some experience, that he felt Benoît was doing better physically, and I agreed with him. It’s a purely sporting choice. No external pressure.

After the altercation between Costil and the Ultramarines [ultras group] leader Florian Brunet at half-time against Montpellier and the accusations of racism, do you see how it could be interpreted differently?

I understand, but I don’t agree. Benoît played against Montpellier because Poussin was suspended. Otherwise, Poussin would have played.

[…] Given the situation, many partners and supporters are surprised that club president Gérard Lopez is no longer present

The president has a network that not many people have. It’s more useful for him to be travelling and looking for financial situations for the club’s future than to be locked up in an office. That doesn’t mean he can’t be aware of everything. I speak to him and the coach does so every day.