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Marseille vs Lens live stream, preview, team news & prediction
Marseille will be looking to close the gap with league leaders Paris Saint-Germain with a win over Lens this weekend. Watch and bet on Marseille vs Lens live on Sunday, September 26, 19:45 PM (BST) at bet365>livestreaming>football. The home side have started the season in impressive form and they are second in the standings with four wins and two draws from six league games. Meanwhile, the visitors are coming into this game on the back of a defeat against Strasbourg and they are two points adrift of the hosts. Marseille vs Lens team news Marseille are without Dimitri Payet and Arkadiusz Milik due to injuries. The visitors are without Corentin Jean. Kevin Danso misses out with a suspension. Marseille: Lopez; Saliba, Balerdi, Peres; Lirola, Guendouzi, Gueye, De la Fuent...
Angers vs Marseille live stream, preview, team news & prediction
Marseille travel to Angers for their Ligue 1 clash during the midweek and they will be hoping to close in on the league leaders with a win. Watch and bet on Angers vs Marseille live on Wednesday, September 22, 20:00 PM (BST) at bet365>livestreaming>football. Angers are coming into this game on the back of a 4-1 home defeat against Nantes and they will be desperate to bounce back with a strong performance here. The home side have done reasonably well in the French league so far and they are unbeaten in five of their last six matches. Marseille have picked up four wins and a draw in their five league matches so far and they will look to close in on Paris Saint-Germain with the three points here. Angers vs Marseille team news Angers have a fully fit squad to choose from and the vis...
Marseille vs Rennes live stream, preview, team news & prediction
Marseille will be hoping to close the gap with league leaders Paris Saint-Germain when they take on Rennes in a Ligue 1 clash this Sunday. Watch and bet on Marseille vs Rennes live on Sunday, September 19, 16:00 PM (BST) at bet365>livestreaming>football. The home side are coming into this game on the back of three wins and a draw in four league games. Meanwhile, the visitors have picked up just one win from five league matches and they are on a three-match winless run across all competitions. Marseille vs Rennes team news Arkadiusz Milik is the only injury worry for the home side this weekend. The visitors will be without the services of Martin Terrier. Marseille: Lopez; Saliba, Balerdi, Peres; Lirola, Kamara, Guendouzi, De la Fuente; Under, Gerson; Payet Rennes: Gomis...
Turkish club interested in Bayern Munich midfielder
Bayern Munich will be looking to offload their fringe players before the start of the 21/22 season. One of those players is Michaël Cuisance, who faces an uncertain future. According to Webaslan, Turkish club Galatasaray are interested in signing the Frenchman, though Bild reports that Bayern Munich have not received an official offer. Cuisance joined Bayern in 2019 from Borussia Monchengladbach, but struggled to break into the Bayern squad. Bayern have shown their desire to sell the young midfielder, who they consider a ‘difficult character’, and they offered him to several potential buyers in the summer of 2020 before eventually sending him off on loan to Olympique Marseille. The loan expired this summer, but Marseille chose not the activate the €18m option to buy as Cuisance failed to i...
La Liga chief: Impossible for Barca to keep Lionel Messi without departures
Barcelona must considerably reduce their wage bill in order to keep Lionel Messi, LaLiga chief Javier Tebas said on Thursday, adding that the club would not be shown any leniency when it comes to obeying the league’s strict financial control rules. Messi, Barca’s all-time top scorer and appearance maker, ended his 21-year association with the club last month and is currently a free agent as the Catalans cannot offer him a new deal due to their financial predicament. President Joan Laporta said last month that Messi was keen to remain at the club but giving him a new deal was being held up by the league’s Financial Fair Play regulations. Spanish media reports had suggested LaLiga could relax the rules to allow the six-time Ballon d’Or winner to stay at Barca but Tebas said there was no chan...
£27m Arsenal man looks set to leave on loan, agreement reached with European club
Marseille have reached an agreement with Arsenal over a season-long loan deal for William Saliba, French publication L’Equipe reports. The centre-back arrived at the Gunners from Saint-Etienne in 2019, but he was immediately loaned back to the French side. He was anticipated to make his Gunners debut last term, but he failed to do so before he was loaned out to Nice at the turn of the year. Earlier yesterday, David Ornstein confirmed that Marseille are fancied to sign Saliba on loan, but they have yet to finalise a deal. It is now reported that Les Phoceens have secured an agreement. The 20-year-old is set to continue his development in the French top-flight. Sportslens view: Saliba has a good following among the Gunners faithful despite him yet to make his debut. His upcoming loan move ha...
Arsenal star on his way out of the club, will finalise move on Monday
Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi is reportedly closing in on a move to Marseille on a four-year deal. According to journalist Mohamed Toubache-Ter, the 22-year-old will be in France on Monday to finalise the deal. Marseille will pay an initial €1 million to take Guendouzi on loan, with a further €11m to be paid when the transfer becomes permanent. SL View Guendouzi fell out of favour at Arsenal towards the end of the 2019/20 season after an on-field altercation during a game against Brighton & Hove Albion. He briefly grabbed Neal Maupay by the neck as he was angry with the striker’s involvement in Bernd Leno’s knee injury. Mikel Arteta was unimpressed with Guendouzi’s antics and axed him from his plans. The Frenchman spent most of last season on loan at Hertha Berlin, and his perfor...
‘Makes sense’, ‘Not serious’: Some Arsenal fans react to David Ornstein update on player
Some Arsenal fans have produced a mixed reaction on Twitter after learning that William Saliba could be loaned out to Marseille next season. The 20-year-old joined the club from Saint-Etienne for around £27 million, but he has yet to make a competitive appearance for them. He was anticipated to make his debut last term, but did not play under Mikel Arteta before he was loaned out to Nice at the turn of the year. The club are now prioritising a move for another centre-back. They are in advanced negotiations with Brighton & Hove Albion for Ben White. According to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, the Gunners are willing to loan out Saliba for another season to secure regular first-team football. A move to Marseille appears on the cards, but a loan fee remains to be negotiated. It is re...
Barcelona reach agreement with Marseille for sale of versatile winger, medical next week – report
Barcelona have reached an agreement with Marseille for the sale of teenage winger Konrad de la Fuente, RMC Sport journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi reports. The 19-year-old made his debut for the Blaugrana last term, but he was restricted to just 36 minutes across three appearances. They had the option to extend his contract (expiring June 2022) for another two seasons but have decided to cash in on his services. Les Phoceens have agreed a package worth €3.5 million with the Blaugrana. De la Fuente has agreed terms over a four-year deal. The transfer will be formally completed following his medical next week. Sportslens view: De la Fuente showed promise with Blaugrana B, registering nine goals and five assists in 29 appearances in all competitions. He now has the chance to establish himself ...
Lille win French Ligue 1 title for fourth time
Lille won the Ligue 1 title on Sunday thanks to a 2-1 victory over Angers which ensured they were crowned French champions for the first time since 2011. An early Jonathan David strike and Burak Yilmaz’s penalty in first-half stoppage time ensured that Christophe Galtier’s Lille finished one point ahead of second-placed Paris Saint-Germain, who won 2-0 at Brest. Angelo Fulgini pulled one back in added time at the end of the match, but the hosts couldn’t stop Lille becoming champions for the fourth time in their history. The title triumph came after another away success for Lille, who finish the season unbeaten on the road since November, and ends a three-year league winning streak for PSG. Mauricio Pochettino’s PSG will have to content themselves with the French Cup in a disappointing seas...
Arsenal midfielder linked with move to Ligue 1 club
As per a report from French publication Le 10 Sport, Ligue 1 club Marseille are confident of wrapping up a deal for Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi. The 22-year-old has spent the season on loan in Germany with Hertha Berlin, making 34 appearances and scoring two goals. The midfielder has been impressive for the capital side but suffered a metatarsal injury a few days ago that ruled him out of the remaining games of the season. Le 10 Sport state that the French club have been tracking Guendouzi for many weeks and are keen on making a transfer move. With the Frenchman set to return to the Emirates following his loan spell, the Gunners have put him on sale with his contract coming to an end in the summer of 2022. And it is the French club who are best placed to take the midfielder aw...
Newcastle reportedly in contact with French right-back, Marseille keen too
Newcastle United are keen on signing Southampton right-back Yan Valery, according to FootMercato. Borussia Monchengladbach and Marseille are also keen on the Frenchman who is looking to leave the Saints at the end of the season. Valery has been on loan with Championship outfit Birmingham City since January after struggling for playing chances at the St Mary’s. Having been in England since he was 16 and with 37 Premier League games under his belt, the 22-year-old has the necessary experience to play for Newcastle, and they have made contact with his representatives. Magpies boss Steve Bruce has deployed Jacob Murphy at right-back for most of this season and is keen to sign a specialist for the position after DeAndre Yedlin left in February. Emil Krafth has failed to impress since joini...
