Ligue 1

The third most expensive player in football history, Philippe Coutinho, has ended his loan spell at Al Duhail and will return to Aston Villa.  However, according to CaughtOffside sources with knowledge of the situation, the English club and Unai Emery don’t consider him as part of their plans and are already working to let him go – temporarily or permanently …

Newcastle United are likely to be one of the most active clubs in the transfer market this summer and are apparently ready to enter talks for one of their targets shortly. According to CaughtOffside sources with knowledge of the Magpies transfer plans, the club have checked on the situation of Bayer Leverkusen’s brilliant 23-year-old Ivory Coast defender Odilon Kossonou. It’s …

Liverpool are set to tread a new path from next season as Arne Slot takes over from Jurgen Klopp. The Dutchman comes highly recommended after his stint at Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, though he’s likely on a hiding to nothing simply because he’s the first man in the door after the German. Even if he gets the majority of …

Manchester City have made the decision to sell midfielder Kalvin Phillips in the summer transfer window. According to Football Insider, the Premier League champions have made up their mind to cut down on their losses and recoup some of the money they paid for the former Leeds United midfielder. The 28-year-old, who joined Pep Guardiola’s team in the summer of …

Arsenal and Tottenham are among the clubs monitoring the situation of highly-rated Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Georgiy Sudakov, sources with a close understanding of the situation have told CaughtOffside. The talented 21-year-old is also attracting interest from other big clubs such as Juventus, Napoli, Borussia Dortmund and Benfica, though his €150million release clause is seen as too expensive. It is understood, …

Once Leeds United failed to join Leicester City and Ipswich Town in going up to the Premier League, it was obvious that the vultures were quickly going to circle for their players. Daniel Farke has become something of an expert in getting teams promoted, however, not even he could stop the all whites’ Play-Off jinx. After a period of down …

In a jab at new Liverpool manager Arne Slot, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag claims that “people have been going overly lyrical” about his Feyenoord team. Slot was announced as the new Liverpool manager at the end of the season after Jurgen Klopp decided to leave the club. Klopp ended his nine-year spell at the Merseyside club which opened …

The 2023/24 season was a fantastic campaign in the end for Unai Emery and his Aston Villa side. Though they weren’t able to lift the Europa Conference League title having been knocked out by Greek giants, Olympiacos, they did manage to qualify for the Champions League. That can’t be downplayed for it opens up not only a new revenue stream …

No one gave Man United a hope of winning Saturday’s FA Cup final, so it’s likely to be with a heavy heart that the club relieve Erik ten Hag of his managerial duties, assuming that’s the conclusion the board draw from their end of season review. Whilst Pep Guardiola was outfoxed for a change, ensuring that the Dutchman landed his …

The Arne Slot era at Liverpool is about to get underway and things will certainly be a lot different around Anfield from the start of the 2024/25 campaign. Although there has to be an understanding from the Reds faithful that the Dutchman will need to be given a period of grace in order to implement his way of working properly, …