Moscardo poses with Ekitike’s jersey number at PSG… while he’s still at the club

As expected, young Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Moscardo has signed with PSG until 2028. If he will end the season on loan to Corinthians, his original club, Moscardo has already appeared on his networks social with his new jersey. And as he shows in his Instagram story, Moscardo poses with the number 44. That is, the number of Hugo Ekitike, still under contract with PSG. But also the one that Moscardo wears in his Brazilian club.

As revealed by RMC Sport, Eintracht Frankfurt has made a first official offer for Ekitike, already in the German club’s papers last summer. Proposal refused by PSG. There is now one week left to finalize a possible deal.

At a press conference this Thursday, Marseille President Pablo Longoria took stock of the Quentin Merlin case and the rumors announcing a possible departure of Ismaïla Sarr this winter.

>> The development of Longoria on the Merlin track and a possible departure of Sarr

Remarkable since the start of the season, will Isco give in to the Saudi sirens? While he continues his excellent performances with Betis Sevilla, the Spanish midfielder (31 years old) would have been approached by clubs in Saudi Arabia, according to The Team. The first exchanges would have started.

Nemanja Matic will join OL. Eager to leave Stade Rennais this winter, the Serbian midfielder will therefore sign up with the Lyon club, his number 1 choice for several weeks despite recent interest from Besiktas.

The two clubs have reached an agreement, the details of which have not been filtered. The end of the soap opera in Rennes, after tensions between the two parties, which had become irreconcilable.

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More information here.

After several weeks of rumors, it’s official for Echeverri at Manchester City. The English club announced this Thursday the arrival of the 18-year-old Argentinian midfielder from River Plate. Announced as a future big name in Argentine football, the phenomenon has signed until June 2028.

Brilliant during the recent U17 World Cup, Claudio Echeverri will remain on loan at Millonario until January 2025. If the amount of the transfer has not been confirmed, the media report a sum greater than 20 million euros for the midfielder .

>>> Manchester City offers itself a new blow at Alvarez with the Argentinian nugget Echeverri

It’s now official: PSG announces the recruitment of Gabriel Moscardo. The 18-year-old is on loan to Corinthians, his original club, until the end of the season and will then join Paris. Time to treat his wound. His contract runs until 2028. As indicated by RMC Sport, the operation is around 20 million euros excluding bonuses.

While he wants to leave Rennes this winter, Nemanja Matic is heading towards OL. If the Besiktas option was mentioned for a time, the Serbian midfielder should join the Lyon squad, his preferred option in recent days.

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>>> Matic on his way to OL, details in our paper

FC Nantes should soon formalize the arrival of Lensois Massadio Haïdara. All parties have now agreed to a transfer, which could result in Quentin Merlin leaving Marseille.

Haïdara who was injured is now operational and Lens has other solutions at his position. FC Nantes would carry out a great financial transaction with this transfer of Quentin Merlin (10 million + 2), who could join former canaries trained at the club: Veretout and Rongier. (PYL and JBo)

According to the Catalan newspaper Sport, Jules Koundé (25 years old) would be the object of a certain concern among the managers and the technical staff of FC Barcelona between his recent delicate performances and the spread of a certain uneasiness among the player. To the point of considering leaving next summer?

>> Jules Koundé concerns Barça, according to the Catalan press

According to our information, Hervé Renard will not extend the adventure with the French women’s team after the Paris Olympic Games this summer. The technician remains very attentive to what is happening on the African continent.

>> Hervé Renard coach of the French women’s team: the Paris 2024 Olympics… and then leaves

Info RMC Sport – Eintracht Frankfurt has made a first official offer for Hugo Ekitike, already in the German club’s papers last summer. Proposal refused by PSG. There is now one week left to finalize a possible deal.

>>> the offer refused by PSG, the Ekitike-Frankfurt negotiations, all the details in our paper

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We talk about Anelka, Moscardo, Renard…

Real Madrid is the club that generated the highest turnover in world football last season, while Paris Saint-Germain moves from fifth to third place in the Money League report carried out by Deloitte. A ranking where ticketing and commercial revenue have become preponderant.

PSG climbs onto the podium for the first time with nearly 802 million euros in revenue, behind Manchester City (826 million euros). For the Parisian club, this represents an increase of 23% in one year. Paris Saint-Germain relies mainly on its commercial performance (400 million euros), in addition to its TV rights (239 million euros). But he also relies on his income from match days, which includes ticketing at the Parc des Princes. In this area, PSG is second in Europe with a record of 153 million euros.

>> Details of the Money League report produced by Deloitte

The CIES Football Observatory has published the world ranking of the best clubs in terms of trading (balance between purchases and sales of players. Losc and AS Monaco occupy first and fourth place respectively, while PSG and Barça are at the bottom of the ranking.

>> Lille world trading champion, PSG and Barça (very) poor performers, the complete ranking here

Under contract with the FFF and stationed with the French women’s team until the Paris Olympics, Hervé Renard is already associated with Algeria.

The name of the French coach is mentioned to take over from Djamel Belmadi after the departure of the Fennecs coach following their pitiful elimination at CAN 2024.

Double winner of the competition with Zambia and Ivory Coast, Hervé Renard maintains a superb rating in African football.

Eleventh in Turkish D2, the Umraniyespor club announced this Thursday the appointment of Nicolas Anelka to the position of CEO. The former scorer for the French team, a time sports director at Hyères in 2021, therefore finds an official function in football.

During his playing career, Nicolas Anelka spent almost 18 months in Turkey with the Istanbul club Fenerbahçe.

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Moroccan Yacine Bammou chose to discover China, by signing for Guangxi Pingguo Haliao FC, in the Chinese second division. The club, very recent, was only founded in 2018. Bammou had left Ajaccio, where he had been playing since the start of the season, only five months after his arrival (3 goals, 1 assist in 18 matches). The ACA spoke of “a personal choice that the club regrets and cannot prevent”. The former Nantes player will be the “star” striker of this team after having already played in Turkey and Qatar. (VJ)

The new elimination of FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey in Bilbao (4-2, ap) on Wednesday further weakens Xavi. Last week, the Barça coach indicated that he would leave his position if he did not win any trophies this season. He did not change his speech on Wednesday.

“I said a reality and I repeat it now. If we are not at the level of competitiveness at the end of the season, what is normal is that I have to leave like all the coaches. When I have said, you (the journalists) were alarmed, but you are making inquiries to find out if I should leave. We are in a big club, I know where I am and they are going to ask me for titles. Or at least, compete for them earn.”

More information on Xavi’s latest declarations here.

Little used since the start of the season at FC Porto, David Carmo will not be relaunching in Lyon. The Portuguese central defender will be loaned to Olympiacos with an option to buy.

>> Carmo will ultimately not go to OL

Announced on departure since the start of the winter transfer window, Nemanja Matic pleases Besiktas. But the Turkish club wants a rapid agreement with the management of Stade Rennais.

>> The Matic series in Rennes ends this Thursday?, information here

Before soon having foot surgery in Doha, Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Moscardo (18 years old) signed up for PSG this Wednesday from Corinthians.

>> All the information here

Welcome to our live to follow all the information from the winter transfer window. Several Ligue 1 clubs have strengthened themselves or will do so while the market will close its doors in six days. He is also agitated abroad, particularly on the benches between the ousting of José Mourinho at AS Roma and the doubts about the future of Xavi at Barça.

To find the transfer window information from recent days, click here.