🎙️Le Classique Podcast🎙️Contributor on Le Beau Jeu, @FrenchFootShow, heard on BBC. 🇫🇷 football historians & Ligue 1 specialists. [email protected]

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Joined February 2021
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He is excellent and I’m a big fan of Truffert. I think people are going to start talking a lot more about Désiré Doué too; still 17 (18 in June) & has played a good amount recently. Versatile but impressive going forward & another product from one of 🇫🇷’s best academies!
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Cameron Archer is FLYING in 🇫🇷 The @SouthamptonFC loanee has scored 2 in 2 for Auxerre, including the winner against Nice on Saturday 🎯🎯 He is the FFS player of the week 🤩 #AJAuxerre #SaintsFC
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✍️ Tonight, @georgeboxall22, @LukeEntwistle and I launch @VirageFootball: an independent home for French football writing. We'll be posting regular dispatches (and more) around the teams we cover on the ground, from Marseille, to Paris, to Nice & Monaco: viragedispatches.substack.co…
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The €45m being quoted for Lamine Camara is crazily low. He was sensational tonight for Monaco against Marseille. Never stops running, so quick, so athletic, so clever, and still only 22. Terrific signing if Chelsea get it done.
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Whilst 12 managerial changes will add a welcome garnish of freshness, there are old certainties on the dawn of the new Ligue 1 season. PSG’s rivals head into the campaign weaker… and the reckless abandon of PL sides doesn’t help. ✍️ @guardian x @GFFN theguardian.com/football/202…
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A disastrous scenario for opening weekend. Just 4 days before PSG vs. Rennes, one of the season’s top fixtures, the game must be moved from Parc des Princes to Roazhon Park due to heat-related pitch damage. Ligue 1 looks amateurish before a ball has even been kicked…
PSG-Rennes va être inversé : l'affiche de la première journée de Ligue 1 ne se disputera pas au Parc des Princes ➡️ l.lequipe.fr/L9C
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Reyna to Strasbourg is fascinating. RCSA get an experienced USMNT star who is still only 23. Can he stay fit? Reyna joins a league that has helped American talents like Balogun, Weah, Tessmann & McKenzie. Ligue 1 & its clubs need to be accessible to tap into the U.S. market 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Now it’s my turn to bring my own story… I can’t wait to experience La Meinau 💙 #120YearsOfPassion
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ICYMI ⬇️👀 Long-form interview with Baptiste Reynaud of @LeClassiquePod on Dayann Methalie and what he could (now will) bring to Sunderland… #SAFC
🚨: French football expert Baptiste Reynaud of @LeClassiquePod offers Sunderland fans insight into transfer target Dayann Methalie 🔴 Player Profile ⚪️ What Methalie would bring 🔴 RLB factor ⚪️ + much more Long-read interview for Roundtable ⬇️ #SAFC roundtable.io/sports/soccer/…
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Signing Dayann Methalie (2006) 🇫🇷 for 30M is the biggest no-brainer on the market. Modern full-back profile who can already perform at a great level and has room to potentially develop into one of the best in his position. Also has a spot just waiting for him in the national team and will certainly get his first cap under Zidane this season. It's a big investment, but by the end of the season, if everything goes well, he could be worth double.
Dayann Methalie (2006) 🇫🇷 is set to leave Toulouse this summer. He'll probably be the most sought-after youngster in his position this window, and it seems clear that he'll be joining a top club. PSG, for instance, are reportedly after a backup left-back for Nuno Mendes, so there could be something there. He'd probably play a lot of Ligue 1 there as we know Paris like to rotate their squad a lot. Think BlueCo will also be very much interested and he could very much be a big addition to that Strasbourg squad. Would be a decent move for him as the starting spot is up for grabs. Best move imo would be a top club in the Bundesliga. Great league to develop his profile and gain experience as a starter, ideally a club playing CL or Europa League. Play a couple of seasons there and he could have every club in the world trying to sign him.
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Get ready for tonight's big game by listening to our latest episode with @mattspiro, @Jon_LeGossip and @LeClassiquePod 🇫🇷 vs 🇪🇸🔥🔥#FRAESP Youtube link: shorturl.at/ilSpJ Audio podcast: shorturl.at/YB3mj
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Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev with an extraordinary performance. No interest in refereeing, no interest in applying the laws of the game, no interest in player welfare or well-being. A FIFA listed referee for 13 years! France very fortunate to avoid serious injuries.
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Since 2018, France (24) scored more World Cup knockout goals than England, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Italy...combined (22). Kylian Mbappe (10) has scored more World Cup knockout goals in that time than any of those leading European nations.
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Pierre Sage did a wonderful job at Lens, building a superb side, pushing PSG, winning French Cup, reaching CL... all in one season. But the fact he's left already, to manage Crystal Palace - a smaller club, in Europa League - is a worrying reflection of life outside PL bubble. Sage's choice is understandable (on a financial level at least): Palace have quadrupled his salary. He now also gets to pit his wits against many of the best managers in football (although managing Lens in CL would've been equally challenging and more exciting still IMO). Plus, after being crowned Ligue 1 coach of the season, he knows that now is the time to cash in. But where does this leave Lens (who gave Sage a fantastic opportunity & the tools to succeed after he had been sacked by Lyon)? How can they now hope to keep talents like Sangaré, Risser and Baidoo when the coach jumps ship at first opportunity? And most concerning, where does this leave Ligue 1? How can this league hope to generate sustained competition for PSG when a team is dismantled after the most fleeting of successes? #CPFC #RCL
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On a demandé à une IA de trouver une faille à cette équipe. Elle a crash. Voici le 11 Type de la saison de @Ligue1 💥 Bravo messieurs 🙌 #TropheesUNFP
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Unbelievable scenes in Lens! 16-year-old Mezian Mesloub comes on for debut, scores winner 11 seconds later, fires Lens into Champions League, keeps title race alive (just), relegates Nantes 🔥 Mezian’s dad Walid - who was playing for Lens six years ago - celebrates in stands 😍
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A kind reminder that Warren Zaïre-Emery turned 20 less than 10 days ago. Bounced back wonderfully after a difficult season last year in Ruiz’s shadow. Now a versatile CM/RB, 170 games for PSG & 9 caps for 🇫🇷. One of the best youngsters in world football. #CHEPSG
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Huge pitch invasion as Lens reach their first Coupe de France final in 28 years by beating Toulouse 4-1. What a season for Pierre Sage’s team. Still only a point behind PSG in title race, and now just 90 minutes away from winning their first-ever Coupe de France 🏆🔴🟡
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Pas loin d'être le but de l'année. xitter.cf/ligue1plus/status/2040…
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Communiqué du Racing Club de Lens Le 6 mars dernier, la programmation de la rencontre opposant le Racing Club de Lens au Paris Saint-Germain a été arrêtée, officialisant un cadre auquel chacun était alors convié à se conformer. Dans un esprit de responsabilité et de mesure, le Racing Club de Lens a, dès les premières sollicitations, fait connaître au Paris Saint-Germain son intention de ne pas voir cette date modifiée. Fidèle à une certaine idée de la stabilité sportive, le club avait également choisi de s’astreindre à toute communication publique sur ce sujet. Cependant, la multiplication récente de prises de parole, d’interventions et de suggestions diverses nous conduit aujourd’hui à sortir de cette réserve. Il nous apparaît en effet qu’un sentiment préoccupant tend à s’installer : celui d’un championnat de France progressivement relégué au rang de variable d’ajustement au gré des impératifs européens de certains. Une conception singulière de l’équité sportive, dont on peine à trouver l’équivalent dans les autres grandes compétitions continentales. Modifier aujourd’hui la date de cette rencontre reviendrait, pour le Racing Club de Lens, à être privé de compétition pendant 15 jours puis enchainer des matchs tous les trois jours — un rythme qui ne correspond ni à celui défini en début de championnat, ni aux moyens d’un club qui pourrait absorber sans conséquence ce type de contraintes nouvelles. Il serait donc entendu que le dixième budget du championnat devrait s’adapter aux exigences des plus puissants, au nom d’intérêts qui, manifestement, dépasseraient désormais le cadre domestique, lequel a déjà été allégé ces dernières saisons (L1 à 18 clubs, arrêt de la Coupe de la Ligue). Au-delà de ce cas particulier, la question posée est plus essentielle : celle du respect dû à la compétition elle-même. Car il est permis de s’interroger lorsque, sur son propre sol, le championnat semble parfois relégué derrière d’autres ambitions, aussi légitimes soient-elles. Le Racing Club de Lens demeure attaché à l’équité, à la clarté des règles et au respect de tous les acteurs. Des principes simples, pour un football français loyal et respecté.
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Only the English (and yes, I am one of them) would dare to claim that the reason for one of the worst Champions League weeks ever for Premier League clubs is because… the Premier League is too strong 🤔
Sky Sports News
@SkySportsNewsMar 18
🗣️ ''The English sides face tougher opposition in their domestic league'' Why the competitiveness of the Premier League is affecting English sides’ chances in the Champions League.
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