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Paris Saint-Germain are ready for a genuine shot at this season’s Champions League. For a decade, the club have been craving the most prestigious title in club football. Yet to this date, French football only has one European Cup or Champions League winner – Olympique de Marseille. A Magical Moment for Olympique Marseille France Conquers […] READ MORE
Lyon president Jean Michel Aulas has asked the players earning above €50,000 per month to take a 25 per cent wage pay cut following the financial crisis that has severely hit French Football. On top of the losses due to the pandemic, French football was dealt a huge blow after a huge TV deal with […] READ MORE
An extraordinary outburst in a press conference has seen manager Andre Villas-Boas suspended by Marseille. It comes just days after furious fans stormed the club’s training ground over frustrations about form and culture. On Tuesday morning it emerged the former Chelsea and Tottenham boss had offered to resign from his Marseille post in a press […] READ MORE
Former French U20 international Michael Cuisance has signed for Marseille on loan, with an option to buy, from Bayern Munich, according to Mohamed Bouhafsi. The midfielder was close to signing for Leeds United before the deal collapsed. The French midfielder will be back in France three years after leaving Nice for Borussia Monchengladbach in 2017. […] READ MORE
17 cards were shown, a record for a Ligue 1 game in the 21st Century. 10 years since Marseille last won at the Parc dec Princes, nine years since their last victory against Paris Saint-Germain at all. Many records and demons were ended last night in the clash between France’s two biggest football teams. It […] READ MORE
Another pulsating round of Ligue 1 matches has come to an end, with plenty of talking points and exciting action. Marseille’s fourteen match unbeaten run came to an end as Kader Bamba inspired Nantes to victory. Paris Saint Germain edged out Bordeaux in a seven-goal thriller in Paris, Rennes and Lille secured wins to maintain […] READ MORE
Another pulsating round of Ligue 1 matches has come to an end, with plenty of talking points and exciting action. Paris Saint-Germain’s lead at the top has now stretched to eight points after they won Le Classique and closest challengers Nantes lost. Meanwhile, Rudi Garcia collected a first win as Lyon manager and Rennes secured […] READ MORE
Paris Saint Germain and Marseille meet in the first Le Classique of the season, a feisty fixture where Kylian Mbappe looks to start. READ MORE
Perennial under-performance gave way to complicated financial issues and, this summer, Marseille found themselves at a significant crossroad. Squad reinvention, changes to recruiting and a reassessment of revenue expectations were reason enough to believe that the storied French side was preparing for a period of transition. When the club decided to hire Andre Villas-Boas to […] READ MORE
Eleven straight league wins at the start of the season indicate how Paris Saint-Germain dominate in France. They achieved this record by beating Marseille in Le Classique on Sunday 28th October. But in European competition, they are in danger of not qualifying for the knockout phase. It falls to coach Thomas Tuchel to try to […] READ MORE