Month: June 2023

Following the expiry of his contract at Stade Brestois, Dénys Bain (29) has joined newly-promoted Ligue 1 side, AJ Auxerre, on a one-year deal with an option for a further year. 

The former Le Havre and LB Châteauroux centre-back, who has racked up over 180 Ligue 2 appearances, moved to Brest on a transfer in 2019. Last season, however, he only made 2 Ligue 1 appearances for the club. 

Overall at Brest, he made 17 Ligue 1 appearances and scored once. His time at the club was, however, disrupted by a ligament rupture, which sidelined him for a significant portion of his contract at Brest. 

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Bain is Auxerre’s second free transfer window following the signature of Youssouf M’Changama (31), who had looked all set to join Nantes before the deal fell through late on. Following last season’s promotion, Auxerre will play in Ligue 1 for the first time next season since the 2011/12 season. 

Torino have announced the loan signing of Nemnaja Radonjić (26) for the upcoming 2022/23 season. The club also revealed in a press release that the deal includes an obligation to purchase the Serbian international winger. 

Radonjić has spent the last season-and-a-half away from the Orange Vélodrome. Firstly at Hertha Berlin, where in half a season he made 12 appearances and scored once, and then, less successfully, at Benfica last season, where he made only six appearances without finding the net. 

The obligation to buy the winger, capped 35 times by his national side, is contingent upon the “fulfillment of certain conditions.” 

Speaking to the club’s channel, he reveals the influence of Torino midfielder and international team-mate Sasa Lukić (25) in tempting him to the club. “Lukić told me great things about the club every day, about the good people around the club. I know it’s a great club, with a great fanbase.”

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Foot Mercato are reporting that Hugo Ekitike (20) is dreaming of a move to PSG, whilst the hierarchy is in agreement on the Reims striker’s profile. 

Newcastle have long since had an agreement with Reims for the transfer of the France U20 international, according to RMC.  The fee agreed is thought to be around €36m plus an extra €10m in bonuses. However, as later reported by RMC, the player then stalled on the deal as PSG entered the picture, despite the fee between Newcastle and Reims being agreed and a contract agreement also being reached. 

PSG are yet to make an offer, but crucially, all of the key players within the club’s hierarchy are in agreement on a deal for Ekitike. Nasser Al-Kehlaïfi, Luis Campos and Antero Henrique have all “validated the profile” of the Reims striker, who scored 10 goals in 23 Ligue 1 appearances last season. 

However, PSG are – at present – not willing to meet Newcastle’s offer for the player. The player is hoping that the Ligue 1 champions’ interest manifests itself in a bid. Rather than joining Newcastle, Ekitike has not ruled out remaining at Reims for a few extra months to prove himself worthy of the heft fee offered by Newcastle earlier in the summer. 

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As reported by L’Équipe, PSG are planning on building two elevens of similar quality for what will be a hectic season with the World Cup dropped in the middle to break the campaign into two intensive halves.

A source at the club told the sports daily that “what they want to do is build a squad with, ideally, two elevens of almost equivalent quality” after it was revealed yesterday that new coach Christophe Galtier, supported by new sporting director Luis Campos, is looking to cut the squad to between 21 and 23 senior players, excluding youngsters. That’s despite director Antero Henrique being handed a list of 11 players to sell before the end of the window.

Galtier is looking to implement a similarly intensive pre-season training regime to Mauricio Pochettino’s of last summer with 15 league games and six Champions League groups stage games to come before November’s World Cup in Qatar. However, the period just after the World Cup will see more rotation as the club fears tiredness and injuries, meaning many of PSG’s younger players have been told to prepare themselves for more game time around Christmas. 

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