As initially revealed by Soccer Link, our colleagues at France Football report this evening that Ligue 1 side Angers have struck a €1m excluding bonuses deal with Algerian side Paradou AC to sign Haithem Loucif.

The 23-year-old right-back is just waiting for his visa to be ratified so that he can travel to France to complete a medical and make the move.

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Our colleagues at Soccer Link report that Ligue 1 side AS Monaco have made a late enquiry for Napoli’s French right-back Kévin Malcuit.

The ex-Lille full-back has also been offered to PSG Sporting Director Leonardo as a deadline day option for Les Parisiens.

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Speaking in the mixed zone following Lyon’s 1-1 draw with Zenit St Petersburg, midfielder Lucas Tousart, who was heavily criticised throughout the encounter, had the following to say.

“We were fairly coherent throughout the match but we conceded a goal against the run of play. We were quite good in terms of how we used the ball but we did not find the right openings to be able to have good situations in front of goal. We were not convincing enough in the penalty box to be able to score. We weren’t deadly enough in certain situations. We are very disappointed because we feel like there was more than enough room to take the points. In the Champions’ League, everything goes very quickly and every point is important. And tonight, everyone can have regrets about the outcome of the match and we should’ve won it. But it is not necessarily a bad result because the draw does not close any doors on us either.”

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Tomorrow’s L’Équipe reports that negotiations between PSG and French international attacker Kylian Mbappé have begun.

Sporting Director Leonardo’s current main objective is the contract extension of Mbappé, whose current deal runs until 2022. Although neither the length of the new deal nor the salary attached to it has yet been defined, sources on both sides of negotiations claim that the nature of the talks are “straight-talking”.

The claims about a €30m a year new salary have been dismissed as “ridiculous” by PSG sources. Mbappé, whose shirts are now the bestseller for Les Parisiens, has become the most important player to Leonardo, which is why the Brazilian has prioritised the contract extension of the French attacker over that of Neymar.

Leonardo’s seduction operation is in full swing to convince Mbappé’s clan, that now is the time to extend the Frenchman’s adventure at PSG.

Mbappé and his entourage are not yet fully convinced about signing a new deal with PSG. The last two seasons of Champions’ League struggle have doused the fire of excitement that Mbappé has had about playing for the big club nearest to his childhood town Bondy.

Mbappé also knows that the longer he stays at PSG and the longer his contract with the club, the more difficult it will be to quit the club, unless a clause is included in the new deal that allows him to negotiate his departure from a certain date onwards.

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Owing to Mbappé’s state of mind, several individuals at the club are convinced that he will never sign a new contract with PSG.

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AS Monaco have confirmed today that 18-year-old Italian striker Pietro Pellegri has suffered yet another injury setback, in what has been a hideously stricken young career.

Pellegri, who arrived to Monaco in January 2018, has played just 6 times for the Principality side.

After appearing in Monaco’s 15th November friendly encounter with Genoa for the first time since September 2018 in a Ligue 1 match against Angers, the young Italian has suffered a new muscular problem to his right thigh in a training session on Thursday.

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It is his seventh different injury since being at AS Monaco.

Speaking to Sector Bostero, 25-year-old Argentinian D.C. United midfielder Luciano Acosta admitted that he had already chosen his PSG shirt number, before a move to the current Ligue 1 champions fell through on the most recent January window’s transfer deadline day.

“I travelled to France to sign, the day that the window was closing. I passed my medical, they gave me my shirt number, which is today taken by Mauro Icardi (#18). Everything was done, but D.C. United did not accept the offer and the transfer was cancelled.”

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L’Équipe report that AC Milan have recently made contact with PSG for 27-year-old left-back Layvin Kurzawa.

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The Frenchman’s contract is up at the end of the season and Les Parisiens are angling to make him the subject of a January sale, seeking €7m in return.

The newspaper also claims that Kurzawa has had concrete discussions with English sides in the top 6 in recent times.

Speaking on RMC show Le Vestiaire, Atletico Madrid scout Eric Olhats discussed two players that he wished the La Liga side had signed who they had previously been looking at.

“There are always players that you get a soft spot for. Last year, we were looking at (Nicolas) Pépé, I would’ve really liked us to bring him in. (Ramy) Bensebaini as well (Ex-Rennes and Algerian left-sided defender now at Gladbach). Yes (I put these names to the Atletico board), but you know how it is, for each position there are three, or four or five names. And I am not the one who decides. (Benjamin) Bourigeaud is another one.”

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Speaking exclusively to RMC Sport, Ivorian attacker Nicolas Pépé discussed his mixed start to life at Arsenal.

“I would say that my start has been a bit negative. Based on my own expectations of myself, I expected a bit more. I expect more and it is up to me to work hard and make the difference in each match. It is normal for people to criticise me as much as they are doing because I am not making the difference in each match. I understand them. It is certainly up to me to reverse this situation through hard work.”

“There are lots of aspects that I need to improve. Score more quickly, take the opportunities to score that I’ve been missing. It’s like that, that’s football. I also need to improve on the physical aspect because coming from France to England, there is this box-to-box aspect that you have to take into account.”

Would you say that the Premier League is very different to Ligue 1?

Yes, that’s how I’ve experienced it. In every aspect. Things are going in every direction all the time in England and that’s the biggest difference compared with France.

On his price–tag:

I wouldn’t say that I am carrying that pressure on my shoulders no. But it is normal for people to talk about that. That’s how football is.

Were you warmly welcomed? I know that you are a bit of a trio with Auba (meyang), Lacaz (ette). Tell us a bit about your day to day.

Of course I have a good relationship with them because from the moment I arrived, they spoke French, I spoke French so immediately we formed a relationship. The same with Mattéo (Guendouzi). On the pitch, we look for each other, which is normal. Aside from that, in training it is the same to create chemistry with each other. Here the competition is really healthy. When you are an attacker, you constantly think to score, but honestly here we also think about passing so that the other one can score. Here that’s what we look to do.

On the departure of Unai Emery:

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It was painful because he is a coach who gave me the chance to come to Arsenal. We mustn’t forget that. For me, it was something painful.

On the “arrival’ of Freddie Ljungberg:

As he was a player, he understands us better. He speaks a lot with us, so for us it is quite simple for us to understand him like for him it is quite easy to understand us.

On not currently being in the starting XI:

Right now there are some players who are playing others who are not. That’s football, it’s like that. It is the coach who decides. If I am on the bench, it is up to me to put the work in to get back in the starting XI.

Our colleagues at Goal France report that Ligue 2 side Le Havre have approached PSG to discuss the possibility of loaning teenage central defensive talent Loïc Mbe Soh until the end of the season.

Sporting Director Leonardo has already told the 18-year-old that it might be a good idea to find a club for the rest of the season where he can get a build up of regular playing time.

Mbe Soh has played just one match with the PSG first team this season, during a 2-0 defeat to Reims in September.

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