RMC report that Premier League side Newcastle United are in advanced negotiations to close a deal with PSG to sign 18-year-old central defender Moussa Sissako.
Under contract until 2021 with Les Parisiens, it is not believed that the young Franco-Malian has a future under Thomas Tuchel. A deal is close both from a fee perspective & on a personal terms level.
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L’Équipe report that Championship side Brentford have concluded a €4m plus bonuses agreement with ESTAC Troyes to sign 19-year-old attacking midfielder Bryan Mbeumo, in what would be a serious window coup.
The deal is expected to be worth more than €6m with performance bonuses.
Goal France report that the player is in currently in England where he will watch his potential future side play against Birmingham and then he will visit their facilities afterwards.
The deal is not done, but if Brentford convince him today, he could rapidly undergo a medical and conclude a move.
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The 2018/19 Ligue 1 campaign was one to forget for Monaco fans. After Jardim’s shock departure, Henry’s underwhelming first foray into management and the return of the Portuguese tactician to save them from impending relegation, Les Monégasques will be looking for a somewhat calmer and more successful season back under Jardim’s stewardship this year.
In order to achieve this, Jardim is going to have to do something about their shaky backline. Monaco conceded 57 goals in the 18/19 campaign, the 4th worst defensive record in Ligue 1 last season, although xGA would suggest they were hard done by on this front putting their goals conceded at around 48.
With Naldo aged 36 and Kamil Glik 31, Jardim will have to set about reconstructing their backline and future proofing it for years to come. One simple step the club have already started to make is by phasing in young academy graduate Benoît Badiashile into the first team.
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Born in France but of Congolese descent, Badiashille is the latest young prospect to come off Monaco’s famed academy production line. He joined the youth set-up in 2016 and since then has represented France’s U16, U17, U18 and U19 sides, signing his first professional contract with the club at the beginning of 2018 after a short run of 12 games for Monaco’s reserve side.
He then made his Ligue 1 debut in November of 2018, a game which saw Thierry Henry’s Monaco side humiliated by PSG 4-0. However, unfazed by the embarrassing defeat, Badiashile went on to make a further 19 appearances for Monaco over the remaining course of the season. With these minutes under his belt and promising performances despite Monaco’s poor form to go with it, Badiashile has found himself in high demand with a number of top English clubs after his signature this summer.
At 6’4, the first thing one would notice about Badiashille is his broad frame, physicality on the pitch and commanding presence in the air. At 18, he’s already physically developed enough to stand up to most Ligue 1 forwards and combines this strong frame and pace, with the ability to read the game to snuff out danger before it arrives. He’s also extremely adept with the ball at his feet and this, combined with the fact that he’s naturally left footed, something which is very rare for a centre back, makes him the perfect ‘modern centre back,’ something that the European market is striving to obtain.
Comparisons could be made with someone like Kalidou Koulibaly of Napoli, one of Europe’s best ball playing centre backs, in the way Badiashille commands the defence at the back but is also capable of distributing the ball calmly and with great accuracy when needed.
Taking a deeper dive statistically, the praise surrounding the young player is backed up well by the underlying numbers. Badiashile made a respectable 2.4 combined tackles and interceptions per 90 in his maiden Ligue 1 campaign as well as an impressive 89.5% pass success percentage, a percentage that ranks him 6th in Ligue 1 for defenders aged 25 or under. These passing numbers however could be greatly increased if he was playing in a better side, and makes his current statistics therefore even more impressive.
As mentioned earlier, Badiashile has already been involved in a number of the French national teams at youth level, and this summer he played a crucial role in the U19 side reaching the semi-finals of the U19 European Championships in Armenia with a particularly impressive performance against eventual champions Spain in the semi-finals, despite losing the match on penalties.
However, of course as is the case with any young player, there are still imperfections in his game. His decision-making can be lacking at times but this could certainly be excused by the lack of team structure at the club last season, where, owing to an unsettled set-up, Badiashile was constantly put in situations where a defender would always be uncertain.
In terms of the French national team, the chances of Badiashile ever making any kind of significant run of games for Les Bleus’ senior set-up in the near future is extremely unlikely as unfortunately for him, he is playing his football at the same time possibly France’s greatest generation of centre backs will be too, with the likes of Dayot Upamecano, Ibrahima Konaté, Malang Sarr, Loic Mbe Soh and many more already vying for any possible place in Didier Deschamps side, however international football is not the be all and end all.
The future is certainly bright for Badiashile and as mentioned earlier, he is already being touted for a big move away from the Stade Louis II this summer. Manchester United, Southampton, Wolves and Tottenham Hotspur have all made contact for the teenager this summer, whilst Manchester United desperate for defensive reinforcement however Atletico Madrid, Real Betis, and Valencia have also shown interest. However, it’s going to take a bid of around £35m at least to prize the young starlet away from Oleg Petrov, the new Director General.
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L’Équipe report that Wolves are set to miss out on 20-year-old Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumaré, despite having made a €40m proposal via Jorge Mendes about 10 days ago.
Soumaré is under contract with LOSC for another 12 months and despite Lille themselves trying to convince the player to take the move, he is apparently not interested and is firmly focused on Les Dogues’ upcoming Champions’ League campaign.
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Lyon have this evening confirmed the arrival of 21-year-old French attacking midfielder Jeff Reine-Adélaïde from fellow Ligue 1 side Angers for a reported €25m base fee with up to an additional €2.5m in bonuses.
Angers also retain a 15% sell-on percentage clause should the Frenchman be transferred again.
He has signed a contract with Les Gones until 2024.
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Speaking to Late Football Club following his side’s 2-1 victory away to local rivals OGC Nice, Marseille manager André Villas-Boas was asked about the future of Brazilian midfielder Luiz Gustavo.
“I spoke with Luiz this morning, we decided to do things this way (not to start him). He was a little preoccupied, he has an offer from Fenerbahce which is not of interest to Marseille, we have refused this offer. I think that is the problem with the window being open when the league is playing. It can affect the players and today we took that decision with Luiz to put him on the bench… He came on and put a shift in. I don’t think he will leave.”
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Soccer Link and RMC report that 22-year-old French central midfielder Vincent Marcel is leaving OGC Nice on a free transfer to join Portuguese side Vitoria SC.
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After interest from Auxerre, Barnsley and FC Utrecht, he will be joining the Portuguese club instead on a 3-year contract.
Les Aiglons will retain a 50% sell-on percentage fee clause.
26-year-old Spanish winger Jesé has left PSG on deadline day for Sporting Portugal, who sign the former Stoke City and Real Betis loanee on an initial loan deal with an undisclosed option to buy.
Jesé came on as a substitute for PSG last Friday in their Ligue 1 match against Metz, which was his first appearance for the club since December 2016.
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Lewis McParlane is joined by colleagues Jake Smales and Thomas Wiseman to shake-off the international break hangover and preview the upcoming weekend of Ligue 1 action: from Neymar’s likely return to Monaco vs Marseille.
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Olympique et Lyonnais and L’Équipe report that Lyon have decided to appoint ex-Marseille manager Rudi Garcia as their new boss on a 2-year contract running until 2021.
RMC reported last night that the former AS Roma and Lille coach had become first choice over the weekend after producing an exceptionally impressive pitch to the Lyon board about why he should be chosen for the position.
Talks with Laurent Blanc have in parallel stalled over his demands to make wholesale changes to the OL backroom staff, whilst Garcia has agreed to bring just one assistant with him should he take up the position.
That assistant is due to be Claude Fichaux, who accompanied Garcia at Lille, AS Roma and Marseille. However, his other trusted coaching ally that almost always has accompanied him throughout his managerial career, Frédéric Bompard, will not be joining. Garcia is set to place his trust in the existing coaching staff.
Garcia and his agents are currently hashing out the final details relating to an eventual agreement and are already in Lyon.
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