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PSG aren't worried today about the rumours coming from England regarding Pochettino's future. The PSG coach left on holiday on Tuesday, after meeting with Al-Khelaifi on Monday afternoon and Leonardo on Monday evening to discuss the transfer window.

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On 02/06/2021 at 17:00, Blues Forever said:

 

France’s Ligue 1 set to be reduced from 20 teams to 18

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France’s Ligue 1 is set to be reduced from 20 teams to 18 from the 2023-24 season.

Ligue 1, France’s top-flight, had 18 teams in the past but was expanded to 20 teams in the 2002-03 season. The league relegates two teams automatically each season, with the 18th-placed side entering the relegation playoffs.

L’Equipe newspaper reported on Thursday that the general assembly of the French professional league (LFP) had voted in favour of the plan, with the division to be cut in two years time.

The newspaper also reported that Ligue 2, the French second tier, will remain at 20 clubs although could also be reduced to 18 following talks.

When did it change and how will it work?

Ligue 1 was an 18-team league until 2002, when they expanded it out to 20 teams.

But they will now drop the number back down to 18 teams from the 2023-24 campaign.

At the end of the 2022-23 season, four teams will be relegated from Ligue 1 while only two teams will be promoted from Ligue 2 to hit the new 18-team figure.

Was there any opposition?

Yes. L'Equipe reported Metz were the only team that went against this decision. It was otherwise unanimously backed by the general assembly of the LFP.

The decision has been made due to the difficult financial situation in French football. Clubs in that country have been struggling since the collapse of the €3.25 billion Mediapro TV deal last season.

French football then agreed a €365 million a season deal with Canal Plus to see them through to the end of the season.

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TOP MARKET VALUES LIGUE 1 (every single player that is rated at €10m or more on T-Markt)

(a few are on loan and will leave soon, and a few are already going to be sold, but none of those are in bold, ie. ones I rate to buy, even if 2 (in italics) are not really available)


Kylian Mbappé  (95% never going to happen, unfortunately)
Neymar    
Marquinhos    
Marco Verratti
    
Eduardo Camavinga  (Unfortunately he will end up at PSG, or Real, or maybe even Barca (less likely) I wager, even though we are deffo interested)  
Memphis Depay   
Houssem Aouar   
Mauro Icardi    
Presnel Kimpembe  
Boubacar Kamara   
Moise Kean  
Jonathan David   
Wissam Ben Yedder   
Amine Gouiri   
Lucas Paquetá   
Jonathan Ikoné   
Kevin Volland    
Bruno Guimarães   
Aurélien Tchouaméni  

Renato Sanches   
Benoît Badiashile    
Boubakary Soumaré    
Aleksandr Golovin   
Sven Botman   
Rayan Cherki 
  
Duje Caleta-Car   
Jonathan Bamba   
Mike Maignan  
Jason Denayer   
Thilo Kehrer 
Abdou Diallo   
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde    
Pablo Sarabia    
Jérémy Doku   
Arkadiusz Milik    
Danilo Pereira   
Yusuf Yazici    
Leandro Paredes   
Kasper Dolberg   
Julian Draxler   
Zeki Celik    
Gerson    
Ángel Di María    
Mohamed Simakan    
Gelson Martins  
Krépin Diatta   
Axel Disasi   
William Saliba   
Florian Thauvin    
Maxence Caqueret   
Sofiane Diop   
Youssouf Fofana   
Léo Dubois   
Andy Delort   
Juan Bernat    
Benjamin André    
Idrissa Gueye  
Thiago Mendes    
Karl Toko Ekambi 
Rafinha   
Benjamin Bourigeaud  
Gaëtan Laborde    
Youcef Atal   
Valentin Rongier    
Boulaye Dia   
Anthony Lopes  
Ludovic Blas  
Martin Terrier   
Romain Faivre 
Tino Kadewere 
Alessandro Florenzi  
Ander Herrera    
Maxwel Cornet  
Ruben Aguilar  
Ludovic Ajorque  
Angelo Fulgini  
Guillermo Maripán
Jean-Clair Todibo 
Layvin Kurzawa  
Keylor Navas  
Imrân Louza   
Seko Fofana  
Colin Dagba   
Lucas Gourna-Douath   
Faitout Maouassa  
Alexis Claude-Maurice  
Loïc Badé   
Timothy Weah  
Caio Henrique 
Adrien Truffert   
Téji Savanier    
Mitchel Bakker  
Florentino  
Luiz Araújo   
Arnaud Kalimuendo   
Pape Sarr  
Alban Lafont    
Walter Benítez    
Habib Diallo  

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