Yoann Gourcuff has refused to rule out the possibility of leaving Ligue 1 side Lyon amid reported interest from Arsenal.
The France international has struggled to capture his best form for the club since completing a big-money transfer from Bordeaux in 2010.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is reportedly keen on a loan deal with a view to a permanent transfer, and the 26-year-old has admitted he is open to the idea.
If clubs are interested and interesting, I don t close the door on anything at all, Gourcuff said in Ouest France.
The most important thing is to play, but I have to look at the sporting project, whether they count on me, the means that we re give to succeed, and if they have clear ideas which don t change after a defeat.
Meanwhile, Gourcuff s team-mate and f…
Bayern Munich have agreed a deal with Vancouver Whitecaps and MLS to sign teenage forward Alphonso Davies in January.
Davies has impressed for the Whitecaps since making his debut in 2016, making 55 first-team appearances and scoring three times in the league.
The 17-year-old s progression in MLS has earned him six international caps with Canada and attracted the attention of Europe s top clubs.
Bayern have won the race for his signature, though, signing a contract until 2023 with the Bundesliga champions.
Alphonso Davies is a very big talent, said Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.
At the age of 17, he offers a lot of promise for the future. Alphonso already possesses great ability, which is why a lot of top clubs were keen on him.…
Derby County have confirmed the signing of George Evans from Reading, as Frank Lampard continues to try and improve the Rams squad to the point where they can make a run at promotion. Derby have struggled to really reach that next level when it comes to making the final step up to the Premier League, with many comparing them to Cardiff City a few years back.
The 23-year-old kicked off his career with Manchester City, but as their rise to prominence really kicked off, he wasn t considered to be an integral part of the system at the club. He joined Reading in 2016 where he was able to flourish as both a midfielder and a centre-back, and now, he ll have the chance to join a side with realistic ambitions of gaining promotion in the next few years.
Ironically enough, Derby w…
Barcelona beat Alaves 3-1 in LaLiga despite playing the last 20 minutes with a man less.
Alaves piled the pressure on in the first period but Barcelona, in their first game since manager Xavi announced he will resign in the summer, nicked the opening goal of the game through Robert Lewandowski’s ninth of the season.
The home side were looking for a fourth straight league win but their hopes seemed to be snuffed out when Ilkay Gundogan doubled Barca’s lead.
Samuel Omorodion brought the hosts back into the match a couple of minutes later before Vitor Roque came off the bench on the hour mark for a whirlwind few minutes. He slotted Barca’s third and then saw red for a second bookable offence, but Barca nevertheless held on for a fifth win in six league games.<…
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Desperate to widen their advantage in the Champions League spots, Borussia Dortmund will welcome Freiburg to Signal Iduna Park on Friday night.
Borussia Dortmund
Starting with the hosts, left disappointed last weekend as they eventually had to settle for a 0-0 stalemate away at Heidenheim, Borussia Dortmund will be seeking an immediate response here. However, while Edin Terzic’s men might have already accepted that any chance of a Bundesliga title charge is off the table, BVB are sat in the driving seat to punch another Champions League ticket in 2024. Marking their return from Germany’s festive break with a 3-0 romp away at Darmstadt, the one-time West Ham coach has seen his squad muster 10 points in their four Bundesliga appearan…
Juventus great Alessandro Del Piero warned his former club it would take a team effort to complete the job against Real Madrid.
Massimiliano Allegri s men claimed a 2-1 win over Real in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final tie on Tuesday.
The Serie A champions head to the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday looking to reach the final of Europe s elite club competition for the first time since 2003.
Del Piero, who was at Juve from 1993-2012, said it would take a team performance to ensure the Italian giants get through.
These matches are fascinating. You don t know who will be the key player. I hope that the team will be the key, he said.
It is impossible to win in a difficult stadium against very good players with no teamwork.
Bayern Munich are ready to move for PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard, .
The midfielder has been in stunning form for the Blues this season, with fourteen goals and eight assists in thirty-seven league games, helping his side to their first title in five years.
He has a further five goals in other competitions, and netted twice on route to the League Cup final, where Jose Mourinho’s side beat Tottenham Hotspur by two goals to nil.
Having crashed out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage, Bundesliga champions Bayern are already planning for next season.
A bid of around £72.4m may be enough to test Chelsea’s resolve, and would far eclipse the £29m they paid for Javi Martinez in the summer of 2012.
Bayern end the season at home…
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More than two months aftere the last game was played, the 2019/20 season in the German Bundesliga is set to continue this weekend with a full fixture list being played within the 26th round of the campaign. All games will be played behind closed doors.
Augsburg are set to welcome Wolfsburg to the Augsburg Arena (also known as the WWK Arena) on Saturday afternoon, in a game that could prove very important for both sides, but in rather different circumstances.
Augsburg
At the time when the Covid-19 pandemic caused the football in the German top flight to stop back in March, Augsburg had accumulated 27 points from 25 games, which put them in the 14th place in the table. That s just five more than Fortuna Dusseldorf in 16th, the pl…
Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane is tired of discussing a possible move for Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland and says he is only thinking about the players in his squad.
Madrid are one of a number of elite clubs to have been linked with the Norway international following a goal-laden 15 months at Dortmund, where he has scored 49 goals in the same number of appearances.
Talk of a transfer to the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season intensified on Thursday as Haaland s agent Mino Raiola and father Alf-Inge were spotted in the Spanish capital, hours after footage emerged of the pair in Barcelona.
It was reported that Raiola and Alf-Inge were on their way to hold talks with Los Blancos president Florentino Perez over a deal for Haaland, whose …
French Ligue One side Montpellier HSC currently sit second in the league table. They are just three points behind league champions and leaders Bordeaux.
It’s an amazing rise for a club who were only promoted from the French second division just year.
History
The club in its current guise was only formed in 1974. However the city has had a football team for 101 years since Stade Olympique de Montpellier was formed. The club have flitted between amateur and professional status throughout their long history.
The club turned professional for the last time in 1978 and were re-branded in 1989 as Montpellier Herault Sport Club (HSC). 20 years later they returned to the French top flight. It would be a fairytale story if Montpellier claimed a top six finish, n…