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Olympique de Marseille put on a demonstration against Le Havre (5-1) this Sunday to end the 16th day of Ligue 1. A party attended by striker Elye Wahi (22 years old, 13 matches and 3 matches in L1 this season), author of the Marseillais quarter, and who won this match in 2025.

« It’s nice to win a home match, we’re very happy to take the three points at home to start the year well. We had a very good match and I hope we will continue. I’m very happy, we pleased the supporters », appreciated the former Lensois at the microphone of DAZN.

This is the third success of the season for OM at home.

Catching up in the Premier League

Manchester City continues its comeback in the Premier League thanks to the revival of top scorer Erling Haaland. After three consecutive games without a win, the English champions celebrated their second consecutive victory by winning 4-1 (2-0) against West Ham United on matchday 20.

Sixth in the standings, coach Pep Guardiola’s team is still eleven points behind leader Liverpool FC, which hosts Manchester United this Sunday (5:30 p.m.). Two points are missing for a place in the Champions League.

Important note for the Skyblues: best striker Haaland scores again. On Sunday, he scored again against Leicester after a long goal drought. Saturday against West Ham, it was even a double; his first since mid-September. After taking the lead thanks to an own goal from West Ham’s Vladimír Coufal (10th minute), Haaland (42nd/55th) took the preliminary decision. Phil Foden scored the hosts’ fourth goal (58th). With his second goal in the Premier League, international Niclas Füllkrug (71st) only managed a consolation goal for the 13th ranked team. from London.

The outcome of the match was over, Real Madrid beating FC Valencia (1-2), this time, the match was delayed during the 12th day of the League. The red lantern thought they were heading towards victory after a goal from Hugo Duro (27th), a penalty hit on the post by Bellingham (55th) and the direct explosion of Vinicius Junior for a bad gesture on Dimitrievski (80th).

However, the Merengue did not tremble and ended up Galizing thanks to Modric, ideally served by Bellingham (85th), before the latter’s victorious goal after a huge disagreement between Foulquier and Guillamon (90th + 6). On the last action of the game, Rioja had two fingers of the equalizer but his shot hit Courtois’ post.

In the standings, the White House temporarily takes the lead in the championship with two points ahead of Atletico Madrid, who however have one game in hand.

Find all the results, scorers and rankings on Maxi(Site notre bureau spécialisé)’s LIVE-SCORE.

Arriving at Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé is going through a difficult period of adaptation in Spain. For English media South German newspaperMadrid legend Jorge Valdano is a provisional analyzer of this situation. The former player and sporting director of the club believes that the French striker is suffering from culture shock.

“ Mbappé left his country, France, for the first time, which took him sociologically out of his comfort zone. This may have led him to a process of anxiety, and anxiety is the great enemy of the (Site notre bureau spécialisé)er  » said Valdano.

“(Site notre blog d’information), a stronger cultural weight in Spain”

According to Valdano, the low cultural weight of (Site notre bureau spécialisé) in France could explain these difficulties. “ In France, (Site notre bureau spécialisé) is not part of Spanish culture « , he said, citing as an example the DAZN channel which only has 100,000 to 200,000 subscriptions in France, unlike the media omnipresence of Real Madrid.

The former sports director also criticizes modern (Site notre bureau spécialisé), which is a more academic and physical youth: “ He is the incarnation of Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland. The almost robotic figures which mark a new direction. »

During two very difficult months, Manchester City, 6th in the Premier League, scored 14 points behind and a game in hand compared to leader Liverpool. For the attacking midfielder if Bernardo Silva (30 years old, 26 matches and 3 goals in all competitions this season), a fifth consecutive title is a utopia.

« Manchester City are completely out of the race for the title, it’s undeniable, it’s too late for us, admitted the Portuguese for Sky Sports. At this moment, we have to accept reality. I don’t watch Liverpool. I’m sixth in the standings, I can’t afford to watch Liverpool or Arsen I’m focusing on the next game to try to take three points.

“We say that we cannot win the championship in January, but we can lose it. This season, the reality is that we lost it,” added the former Monaco player.

(Site notre blog d’information) is dying. This is the painful observation made by Pierre Ménès who, Monday on his YouTube channel, presented his best wishes to his subscriptions. The opportunity for the old sports journalist to paint a very dark picture of a sport that he likes less and less. “At the level of your feet, you cannot make a big decision by being optimistic about what you are doing, when you are in France, you will see that your sport is in dangerhe explains. There is a risk of uniformity when you are too young to have several equipment offering different know-how and different skills. »

“On the occasion when clubs who miss a big match in possession of Manchester City or PSG are very difficult, in any case in the Champions Leaguepursues the ex-sniper you Canal (Site notre blog d’information) Club.
Overall, I’m looking for a sport that I aim towards with great joy, great technical talent and moments of inspiration. Hello fantasy. It is a sport that requires an extraordinary, athletic, essential physique based on strength and speed. »

Pierre Ménès: “I’m worried about the sport I’m aiming for”

“When it comes to the maximum number of matches in a season, you don’t have a cache, it’s very difficulthe adds. I spend my time relaxing in the morning and the present, week after week and game after game. » And on a French scale, the trend is hardly more pleasing in his eyes. “There too, not much optimismhe thus regrets. The time when Vincent Labrune took over the leadership of the League was a disaster. The finances of French (Site notre bureau spécialisé) are at a standstill. »

And Pierre Ménès announced the end between DAZN and Ligue 1:
“On a broadcaster which is barely a third of its ambitions in terms of subscribers. And since he has an exit clause after two seasons, I don’t see how he could continue beyond that. » Generally speaking, the consultant believes that “(Site notre bureau spécialisé) is vigilant about its future because there are worrying signs”the update of the Club World Cup to the calendar does not help anything. “I’m worried about the sport I’m aiming for. »

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Only four more expensive attackers

TSG Hoffenheim made their first transfer of the winter and signed Gift Orban (22) from Olympique Lyonnais. After lengthy negotiations, the Bundesliga club secured the striker’s contract, for which RC Lens also reportedly bid. With a transfer fee of at least 9 million euros, the Nigerian, excluded from OL, constitutes one of the most expensive purchases in the club’s history. Only four TSG strikers were more expensive, Orban gets long-term contract. According to Lyon, the transfer fee could increase by 3 million euros, of which 1 million is even guaranteed. In the event of a future winning transfer, 7.5 percent would also go to Olympique.

A year ago, Lyon, in financial difficulties and having to make sales in winter, paid a basic fee of 12 million euros to KAA Gent, which has now been increased to 14 million euros thanks to bonuses. This season, Orban spent 259 minutes on the pitch in five matches and scored two goals. His last appearance was in the 2-2 draw against TSG Hoffenheim in early November, and since then he hasn’t even been part of the French team. In the latest Ligue 1 market value update, Orban was reduced from 15 million to 10 million euros, still making him one of the most valuable professionals in the Hoffenheim team.

On paper, TSG coach Christian Ilzer’s attack is well endowed in terms of numbers, but apart from top scorer Andrej Kramaric (33), it lacks constants. Mergim Berisha (26 years old), Max Moerstedt (18 years old) and Haris Tabakovic (30 years old) have not even reached 600 minutes in all competitions, Ihlas Bebou (30 years old) has not yet played this season due to a knee operation. The flexible Adam Hlozek (22) and Marius Bülter (31) also increasingly put themselves on the front line. TSG paid a total of 35 million euros for Berisha, Hlozek and Tabakovic. The three have met but only eight times in 66 appearances. During his stay in Belgium, Orban scored 32 goals in 52 matches.

“Orban doesn’t play because of the competition,” explained Joachim Durand, Content Manager France at (Site notre blog d’information), a few weeks ago. “He is the third center forward in the OL hierarchy behind Alexandre Lacazette, the indispensable captain, and Georges Mikautadze, for whom the club invested a large sum this summer. So he has to make do with the crumbs left behind the two of them. His great qualities are his strength and finishing, but he is not necessarily technically skilled or very good at playing with his teammates.

Thanks to Orban’s commitment, Hoffenheim’s spending will amount to more than 60 million euros this season. The club’s track record continues to grow. This amount previously stood at €55 million in the 2019/20 season (an overview of all Hoffenheim transfers per season).

Recruited for 55 million euros this after his brilliant Euro 2024 with Spain, Dani Olmo is at the heart of a financial and administrative crisis at FC Barcelona. Nothing can be done other than the League, the player will benefit from a permanent clause on the winter market, with consequent consequences for the club.

A situation that blocks low levels of funds

Faced with precarious finances, Barça tried to resolve the situation by selling the operating rights to the VIP boxes at the future Camp Nou for 100 million euros. However, neither La Liga nor the Spanish Federation (RFEF) seem inclined to authorize Olmo’s registration, making his future increasingly uncertain. According to sportfreeing Olmo this winter would cost the club 263 million euros, including his guaranteed salary until 2029 and the loss of his market value estimated at 60 million euros.

Dani Olmo could leave Barça this winter

Olmo’s agent anticipated the club’s financial setbacks and announced a clause in the contract: the player is not registered in the league, which freely participates in the integration of salary. This clause has put Barça under pressure, especially since the revenue generated by the Montjuïc stadium, currently under renovation, is not enough to improve the club’s finances.

Barça facing a financial dilemma

Despite the efforts of Joan Laporta, who has multiplied “economic levers” in recent years, the situation remains critical. Barça is now playing against time to avoid a free departure for Olmo, whose sporting and economic value is crucial for a club in search of stability.

Second newcomer of the winter

FC St. Pauli has announced its second winter signing: winger Noah Weißhaupt (23) comes from SC Freiburg. Like James Sands (24 years old, New York City FC), presented the day before, the Rostock native is on loan. On the left flank, Hamburg suffered from the prolonged absence of Elias Saad (25 years old) in the first part of the season. Weißhaupt was also used on the right side of the sports club.

“Noah brings a lot of speed, which he uses intelligently in duel situations and repeatedly poses problems for the opposing defense,” explained head coach Alexander Blessin. « That’s why we hope that Noah can develop even more danger and scoring ability with him, because he can also put his teammates in the spotlight with his through balls. FC St. Pauli has had so far a problem. » This season offensively is something else. Twelve goals this season is the lowest total of any Bundesliga team. Thanks to the second best defense with only 19 goals conceded, the brown-whites currently occupy a satisfactory 14th place.

At Millerntor, Weißhaupt is the fourth player on the team with a Freiburg background. Midfielder Robert Wagner is also on loan, while Weißhaupt’s possible new left-wing colleagues Philipp Treu (24) and Carlo Boukhalfa (25) are also under contract with St. Pauli. Sports director Andreas Bornemann emphasized: “With this commitment, we create additional opportunities for our play on the offensive wings and are therefore more difficult to calculate in the future. Noah is very well trained in (Site notre bureau spécialisé) and, in addition to his dynamism, he also has the flexibility to be able to play on both sides. He has a lot of experience in the Bundesliga, which is why we are confident that he will immediately play a good role for us.

Weißhaupt said: “I am looking forward to my time in Hamburg and playing in front of the Millerntor fans. I think I will find very good conditions at FC St. Pauli to take the next step in my development. After all, it also worked very well for other Freiburg players. It will now be a matter of arriving as quickly as possible in this new environment so that we can then be recommended for missions. »