Tag: Marseille
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Man Utd willing to sell Greenwood to Ligue 1 club
Premier League side Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood is eager to move to Marseille this summer. The striker wants to switch to the Ligue 1 club on a permanent basis after a year on loan at Getafe.
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Ligue 1: Lyon manager left bleeding from head after team bus attack
Marseille’s Ligue 1 home match with Lyon was postponed after Lyon boss Fabio Grosso was injured when the team coach was attacked on the way to the ground. Images on social media showed a bloodied Grosso laid on a stretcher.
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Classique: Neymar shines for PSG as Mbappe basks in transfer rumours
Neymar’s ninth goal of the season moved Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) three points clear at the Ligue 1 summit following a 1-0 victory over Marseille.
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Neymar, Mbappe strike as PSG beat Marseille
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) came out on top 2-1 in a tight tussle with Marseille in Sunday’s Classique, with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe securing the bragging rights.
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I’m staying here with Marseille – Arsenal midfielder
Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi has again declared he wants to sign permanently for Olympique Marseille. Guendouzi is on a season-long loan at OM, with a permanent option set at €11m. He said yesterday: “Signing for OM was a carefully considered choice, the best choice I’ve made for a long time. I have a lot of…
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Why I chose Genk over Marseille – Ike Ugbo
Former Chelsea striker Ike Ugbo has explained why he chose KRC Genk ahead of Olympique Marseille this past summer. Ugbo had offers from both clubs, but chose Genk after last season’s loan with Cercle Brugge. He told Sport/Foot Magazine: “The young Ugbo might have opted for Marseille: a big club, in the south of France,…
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Ex-Chelsea manager turns down Marseille job
Former Chelsea and Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri has turned down the chance to replace Andre Villas-Boas at Marseille. The French club have suspended Villas-Boas and want to replace him immediately. However, Sky Italia reveals Sarri turned down the club’s approach, and the 62-year-old does not want to manage until the start of next season. Marseille…
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Marseille ‘suspend’ Villas-Boas after offering to resign in transfer row
Andre Villas-Boas was “suspended” by Marseille on Tuesday after earlier offering to resign as coach at a press conference in which he revealed the Ligue 1 club signed midfielder Olivier Ntcham from Celtic against his wishes on transfer deadline day. “This protective decision had become inevitable given the recent scheming and attitudes shown which have…
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Porto hand Marseille 12th straight Champions League defeat
FC Porto beat Olympique de Marseille 3-0 in Group C on Tuesday, inflicting a record 12th consecutive defeat in the UEFA Champions League on the French club. The defeat left Andre Villas-Boas’s team on the brink of elimination. Moussa Marega, Sergio Oliveira with a penalty kick and Luis Diaz found the back of the net,…
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Neymar, 4 others sent off as Marseille grab rare win at PSG
Olympique Marseille earned a smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain (PSG) on Sunday in a match which saw five players sent off and two goals disallowed. Forward Florian Thauvin struck in the 31st minute of a pulsating though ill-tempered match at the Parc des Princes for Marseille’s first league win over PSG…