Ben Arfa signs in Lille (official)
All that remained was to complete the departure on loan of Yusuf Yazici (see below) to formalize the news: Hatem Ben Arfa joined Ligue 1: "I'm not here to create a bad atmosphere", Laurent Koscielny reacts to his sidelining from Bordeaux”>LOSC. The attacking midfielder and ex-international tricolor (34 years old) has signed up until the end of the season. Lille will be his 6th club in Ligue 1 after Marseille, Lyon, Paris SG, Rennes and Bordeaux last season.
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Barça issues an ultimatum to Dembélé, Xavi confirms
To read the Catalan press, FC Barcelona has been annoyed for months not to find an agreement with Ousmane Dembele to extend his contract, which expires on June 30. Barça do not want to see him leave free, but they would consider the salary demands of the French winger (24 years old) too high. The daily Sport made its front page on Dembélé with a clear title: “That’s enough now !“A meeting would be scheduled tomorrow with the agent of the former Rennais to make a decision”permanent and irremovable“. Dembélé is said to still be happy at Barcelona and to have shared with his coach, Xavi, his wish to stay. “He says he wants to stay but he doesn’t extend“Xavi got annoyed at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The Blaugrana coach assured that he “does not plan to leave it in the standsif he stays without extending. Corn “the message is clear: Ousmane must sign a new contract or we will find a way to sell him in January. There is no other way out.»
Bordeaux is considering the Thierry Henry track?
And if Thierry Henry took over from Petkovic in Bordeaux? According to information from RMC Sport, the profile of the top scorer in the history of the French team would greatly please the Bordeaux management, which recently offered a reprieve to its coach Vladimir Petkovic. Indeed, after the 6-0 rout in Rennes, Gérard Lopez (president of the Girondins de Bordeaux) would give the Swiss technician a “last chance”, against Strasbourg, before thanking him. RMC Sport affirms that the Bordeaux management would already study several profiles to take over from Petkovic on the Bordeaux bench and the name of Thiery Henry would come back with insistence. According to our colleagues, the two parties would be “regularly in contact“. To be continued…
And also…
– Martial still wants to leave MU … and England
– Alberto to the Zénith… and Azmoun to Lyon?
– Bayern will negotiate to renew Lewandowski
– Lille loans Yazici to CSKA Moscow (official)
– BVB denies giving Haaland an ultimatum
