Arsenal forward Nicolas Pepe has joined Ligue 1 side Nice on a season-long loan deal.
The Ivory Coast international, who arrived from Lille in August 2019 for a club-record fee of £72million (€79m), returns to France as he links up with Lucien Favre s side for the 2022-23 campaign.
Pepe was presented to supporters at Allianz Riviera prior to the second leg of Nice s Europa Conference League play-off tie with Maccabi Tel Aviv, where the French side are aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
The forward has racked up 111 appearances across all competitions during his three seasons at the Emirates Stadium, scoring 27 goals, and will link up with another former Gunner Aaron Ramsey.
Welcome to your new home, Nicolas Pepe
— OGC Nice
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Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan as a potential replacement for Kylian Mbappe, according to . France international forward Mbappe in the January transfer window, and the defending Ligue 1 champions want to bring in the 25-year-old Argentina international striker as his replacement.
Martinez has been on the books of Inter since 2018 and has established himself as one of the best strikers in Serie A. During his time at Inter so far, the 25-year-old has won Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana once each.
So far this season, Martinez has made eight starts and one substitute appearance in Serie A, scoring three goals and providing one assist in the process. The Argentine striker made two starts and one substitu…
Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has tabled an offer for the club s remaining shares that values the Gunners at £1.8billion after receiving backing from minority owner Alisher Usmanov.
Kroenke already owns 67 per cent of the club and stands to take complete control of Arsenal after Usmanov agreed to sell his 30 per cent stake.
The news was announced in a statement to the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with the value of each Arsenal share set at £29,419.64.
Kroenke, through his Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE) company, first purchased Arsenal shares in 2007 and has steadily increased his stake since then, becoming a director a year later.
Usmanov also first became an Arsenal shareholder in 2007. He was officially revealed to own the la…
Manchester City are about to embark on the adventure to try and add the FIFA Club World Cup to an already amazing trophy haul in 2023.
The ranks of the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League and UEFA Super Cup holders are likely to be boosted for the tournament by the return of Kevin De Bruyne.
The Belgian playmaker has been absent through a partial muscle tear since mid-September, but now he s back in team training, and his return is expected to help Pep Guardiola s faltering side to strengthen their position in the Premier League title race.
Kevin De Bruyne is back in training with Manchester City
The Belgian and Erling Haaland have both travelled to Saudi Arabia for the Club World Cup but there s no indication on if either of them will play
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Looking to sign off their EURO 24 qualifying romp with another statement on Monday night, Denmark will make the trip to Belfast when they meet Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland
Starting with the hosts, marking their return to qualifying duties over the weekend with another woeful display, Northern Ireland find themselves in the midst of a public crisis. Eventually getting hit with a 4-0 drumming at the hands of Finland, it is no secret that Michael O’Neil has a huge amount of pressure on his shoulders. Signing off October’s international break with a toothless 1-0 loss at home against Slovenia, the Greens have remarkably lost seven of their previous eight Group H showdowns a run that stems back to a 2-0 win away at San Marino on …
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola lauded David Silva as one of the best players he has ever seen after the Spaniard starred in his 400th appearance for the club, a 3-1 win at Bournemouth.
Silva started in an attack-minded midfield as both Fernandinho and Rodri were left on the bench, with City s approach ultimately paying dividends.
The 33-year-old split open the Bournemouth defence to set up Raheem Sterling to make it 2-0 to the Premier League champions, while he also claimed an assist for Sergio Aguero s second goal.
It proved a fitting display from the playmaker, who joined from Valencia in 2010, as he reached a notable personal milestone on the south coast.
Everything we love about in a fine MOTM showing to mark his 400th game!
Serie A strugglers Bologna have sacked head coach Filippo Inzaghi and named Sinisa Mihajlovic as his replacement.
Inzaghi only arrived at the club in June but after two league wins all season he has been dispensed with, Sunday s 4-0 loss to relegation rivals Frosinone proving the final straw.
In a brief statement Bologna thanked Inzaghi for his passion and professionalism before confirming Mihajlovic had agreed a deal until the end of the campaign – with the option of another year.
It will be a second spell in charge for the former AC Milan, Sampdoria and Torino boss, Mihajlovic having started his managerial career with Bologna in 2008.
Mihajlovic s first game back at the helm comes against Inter at San Siro on Sunday.
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Paulo Fonseca was quick to dismiss talk of any tension with Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez, who both appeared to snub him shortly after coming off the bench.
The pair came off the bench to help earn a 2-2 draw with Lazio on Saturday, being brought on in a quadruple change by Fonseca after being left out of the starting line-up.
Milan were losing 2-1 at the time of their introduction, and they immediately turned things around, with Hernandez and debutant Tammy Abraham, another substitute, involved in Leao s equaliser.
Minutes later, the game stopped for a cooling break, with both managers using the opportunity to instruct their players, but both Leao and Hernandez remained on the far side of the pitch, taking no part in the team talk.
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According to a recent report from Calciomercato, Chelsea defender Emerson is considered to be one of the primary targets for Juventus during the upcoming summer transfer window. These two clubs have already been linked with a series of moves between one another, and with Maurizio Sarri being at the helm over in Italy, that should come as no surprise whatsoever.
While Frank Lampard will obviously try and turn this piece of business into a positive, he definitely needs to try and get something in return if both this rumour and the one concerning Jorginho are true.
The 25 year old has been at Stamford Bridge since back in 2018 when he made the move over from Roma. The Italian international clearly has a great deal of love for playing in Italy, and with the windo…
Manchester United had a great season in 2020-21 despite their trophy drought stretching to four years, midfielder Fred said.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side finished in the top two of the Premier League for only the second time since Alex Ferguson retired after securing the title in 2012-13.
However, the Red Devils were 12 points adrift of Manchester City, who also defeated them in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup, while their FA Cup campaign was ended by Leicester City at the quarter-final stage.
After dropping out of the Champions League following defeats in their final two group games to Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, United reached the final of the Europa League, ending a run of four consecutive semi-final defeats in cup competitions under Solskjaer.
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