Robin Bairner
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Freelance sports writer. Chief editor @transfersdotcom . Ex-Goal. Tweeting mostly French and Scottish football. DMs open.
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👀 Lionel Messi's goal wasn't even the best in France yesterday.
💥 Step forward Jeremy Livolant, who scored this winning goal in the Ligue 2 derby between Laval and Guingamp.
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The last time Cristiano Ronaldo faced a Ligue 1 team, his Juventus side were knocked out of the Champions League against Lyon.
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo: “Saudi League is not worst than Ligue1”.
“Saudi Pro League is more competitive than Ligue1, I can say that after one year spent there”.
🇫🇷 “We are better than French league already now”.
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🚨 Bordeaux have been relegated to National 1 due to financial problems.
Had been expected to play Ligue 2 but now heading for the third tier.
Champions League quarter-finalists barely 10 years ago.
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Martin Keown just called Lens 'Lyon'.
Michael Owen then claimed Arsenal should be winning in Lens, a team that won 17 of 19 home matches last season and finished only 1 point behind PSG.
🤦
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Folarin Balogun has become the youngest player to score at least 17 goals in his first Ligue 1 season since 1956.
h/t
@Statsdufoot
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Here's a photo of my dad marking interim Everton manager Big Dunc during a staff-pupils match at
@BannockburnHigh
around 1984 💪🏼
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Cost of Ben White = £50m
Cost of Brentford's entire starting XI = £53m
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Reims are now 12 matches undefeated in Ligue 1.
Their Belgian-English manager Will Still is 5 years younger than Lionel Messi and got into management because of his love of Football Manager.
He told L'Equipe today Sir Alex Ferguson is his idol.
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Man Utd so bad at negotiating transfers, they can't even do business with themselves.
🚨 |
#mufc
are concerned by Nice's £47-51m asking price for Jean-Clair Todibo. They won't receive a discount from Nice for the centre back despite being owned by INEOS - United don't see that price as the best value of money. [
@JacobsBen
,
@90min_Football
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💥 Nunez is heading to Liverpool!
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
Darwin Nunez has agreed personal terms on a five-year-contract with Liverpool 🤝
Liverpool and Benfica are closing in on agreeing an €80m fee - plus €20m in add-ons 💸
✍️ by
@Glongari
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Lucas Paqueta is one of the most watchable players in the world. So graceful on the ball.
Would be a fine addition to Arsenal and the Premier League. Hope Lyon can get a fair value for him.
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@GPollowitz
@swearimnotpaul
This is the most credible post-Brexit strategy for the UK that I've heard so far.
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So let me get this straight, Jermaine Jenas is crediting tonight's Chelsea win to Frank Lampard and not Thomas Tuchel?
🤨
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Darwin Nunez could score 30 goals this season but you'll not convince me that a player with a first touch like this is world class.
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What's your dream transfer before the window shuts?
Mine = Cristiano Ronaldo to Marseille 😍
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😂Kylian Mbappe to move from sporting director at PSG to head coach at Dortmund?
"Change your player," he tells Edin Terzic.
The BVB coach replies: "Come and coach in my place if you want."
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Serious incident at Nice v Marseille. Payet hit by a bottle, throws it back into the crowd, supporters charge onto the field to confront players. OM players clearly furious.
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Malang Sarr's first big contribution for Monaco is to injure Vanderson, arguably their best player in 2022.
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Wahbi Khazri casually scoring from 70 yards for Saint-Etienne against Metz yesterday
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No Liverpool move for Memphis Depay, according to L'Equipe. Everton more interested but not prestigious enough for him. Could stay in Lyon as a result.
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Newcastle close to agreeing a €42m (+€10m in bonuses) deal with Lyon for Bruno Guimaraes.
(L'Equipe)
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Timothee Chalamet has been on French TV professing his love for Ligue 2 side Saint-Etienne as Dune 2 co-star Josh Brolin looks on thoroughly confused 😂
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Khephren Thuram is closing in on a move to Liverpool from Nice.
Terrific move for the young France international. His game has really matured this season and he deserves this move.
Full details below 👇
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OFFICIAL: Lyon's Nabil Fekir has moved to Real Betis for €20m. Potential €10m in bonuses and 20% of any sell of fee, L'Equipe reports. Huge bargain.
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Rangers now account for 50% of Scotland's UEFA coefficient of 32.125 over the last 5 years.
They've only been in Europe 4 of those seasons and on the first of those occasions were knocked out in the first qualifying round.
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Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan has agreed to join Milan on a five-year contract, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
Fee yet to be agreed with LOSC.
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This whole 'good ebening' patter can get in the bin.
Emery mocked for not pronouncing a word in English correctly but still capable of conducting an interview fluently and politely.
👎
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Anyone else find this Mbappe-Haaland 'rivalry' a bit manufactured?
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Darwin Nunez hasn't scored a goal against a team in the top 10 of the Premier League since September
Darwin Nunez is averaging a goal or assist every 62 minutes in 2024.
Haters, admit you were wrong.
Say sorry on timeline.
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Everton's Niels Nkounkou is having an *incredible* loan spell at Saint-Etienne.
👕 12 Apps
⚽ 4 goals
🅰 7 assists
Reminder: he's a left-back.
He did this yesterday.
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So it looks like Nicolas Pepe's Arsenal bound. Fitting a player so readily compared to Thierry Henry might up at the Emirates, and it's a move he deserves after a very fine 18 months with Lille. Fully expect him to be a smash in the PL.
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Abou Diaby would have been one of the best 5 CMs in the world if it wasn't for injury.
Pace, power, technique, vision - he had it all, except a body that would stay healthy.
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Rennes coach Christian Gourcuff's response to Van Basten's proposed rule changes is magnificent...
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Moussa Dembele's last-gasp derby winner for Lyon against Saint-Etienne tonight. Stunning header:
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PSG's Manuel Ugarte is alleged to have called Rodrigo De Paul a 'Messi **** sucker' during Uruguay's win over Argentina.
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Nabil Fekir...
Finishing with his right foot for good measure.
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Villas-Boas: "Tuchel told me that I should play Lotto. I told him that he had played Lotto against Atalanta"
👇
🎤
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If Man City beat Bournemouth today, every team from Arsenal down will be closer to the relegation zone than the title - only Chelsea & Man Utd will be closer to the top than 18th.
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Arsenal's Folarin Balogun already up to 10 Ligue 1 goals after grabbing a double for Reims against Rennes.
Only Mbappe and Neymar have more.
Really impressive from the loanee.
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Sead Kolasinac is nearing a move to Marseille.
OM need to make some sales to give them the freedom to complete a deal for the Arsenal defender.
(RMC)
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'Neymar contacted me and asked me for a threesome with my sister!' claims Brazilian volleyball player Key Alves.
Just the latest instalment of what's been an... interesting week at PSG. 😬
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Real Madrid are going to finish 2017 closer to Levante in 16th than Barcelona in 1st.
#LaLiga
#ElClasico
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Leonardo has asked the board to replace
#PSG
coach Thomas Tuchel, according to
@ParisFansfr
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Mauricio Pochettino, Massimiliano Allegri, Thiago Motta and Laurent Blanc on the shortlist to replace him.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
PSG tell club stores to be braced for Lionel Messi signing announcement
(for
@Transfersdotcom
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Qatar's defence looks about as good as its human rights record
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Arsenal have rejected an €8 million bid from Monaco for Albert Sambi Lokonga, Foot Mercato reports.
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✅ Unai Simon dislocating Andy Robertson's shoulder
❌ Jack Hendry being in the vicinity of Unai Simon
🏴 Scott McTominay thought he scored an absolute worldie...
But it's been disallowed for a foul after a VAR check. 🙅♂️
#Euro2024
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OFFICIAL: Lyon have reached an agreement to sign Jeff Reine-Adelaide from Angers. Now he just needs to pass a medical this afternoon.
Arsenal could also hijack the deal if they feel he's worth matching the fee for due to a clause in his contract when he left the Gunners.
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And on the subject of fallen Ligue 1 giants, Le Parisien reports Saint-Etienne's offices were raided by police today over claims the club has been involved in unlawful ties with agents.
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Andre Villas-Boas has announced he has handed in his resignation at Marseille because he didn't want the club to sign Olivier Ntcham.
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❤ Antoine Griezmann celebrates by remembering those who lost their lives on 13 November 2015 🙏
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Samir Nasri announced his retirement from football last month.
He's playing a charity match in aid of Ivory Coast in Marseille tonight.
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😍 15 years ago, Yoann Gourcuff scored one of the greatest goals ever
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The combined debt of Barcelona and Real Madrid is around €2 BILLION.
Talk of signing Mbappe and Haaland was always irresponsible. Even the Super League would have been a sticking plaster are best.
These clubs are in major difficulty and the ESL was a Hail Mary.
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Neymar was fouled more than any other player in PSG's match with OM.
He only played 25 mins.
Alvaro committed 3 bookable fouls but was cautioned only once.
I wrote this after Neymar was injured v Lyon last month and it applies now more than ever. 👇
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If France beat Argentina on Sunday, Kylian Mbappe's career has GOAT potential.
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Good to see Matteo Guendouzi get a call for the France team.
He's been impressive since moving to Marseille on loan from Arsenal.
Also highlights how sensationalist UK reporting of his 'clash' with Gerson at the weekend has been.
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🤯 Cesc Fabregas with the craziest pass you'll see all season!
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This 'Ross County fan' didn't look too happy about something
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