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New Liverpool signing Alexis Mac Allister (24) had an opportunity to reclaim the number 8. But the midfielder preferred to avoid the flocking that once belonged to Reds legend Steven Gerrard.

« I knew there were several numbers available, including 10 and 8, said the Argentinian in relays offered by the Daily Mirror. 8 is a very important number at this club thanks to Gerrard, so I ‘ was a little hesitant. I ended up choosing 10, but 8 is a number that I like and has a history at the club. »

It must be said that this number 8 did not bring luck on the flop Naby Keita, free party at Werder Brme this summer.

Out of sight, out of mind? It is precisely this phenomenon that we want to counteract with our “What is he doing?” format. and show you every week what one or the other old acquaintance in German professional (Site notre bureau spécialisé) is doing.

Diego Contento won the Champions League with Bayern in 2013. The 33-year-old has long since earned legendary status in Bavaria’s history books. However, the Munich native couldn’t make many appearances back then.

After the official end of his career, he was attracted to FC Aschheim in the district championship via the detours of Bordeaux, Düsseldorf and Sandhausen. For the Aschheimers, who play in the Oberbayern Nord district league, this is of course a world-class transfer.

Contento told the club’s website: « After so many years of professional career, I can’t wait to finally be able to play on the pitch with my brothers as a hobby. » His three brothers have been playing for FCA for years. One of them, Vincenzo, is even the head coach. The Contento brothers’ father is also involved with the club as a youth coach.

Eren Deriyok has played 60 international matches for Switzerland. His header from a header against VfL Wolfsburg in Leverkusen kit can be found in all the reviews of the best goals in the Bundesliga. Most recently, the Bundesliga icon played for Ankaragücü in Turkey.

The 35-year-old has now passed the zenith of his performance. However, this does not prevent him from opening a new chapter. The Swiss returns home and will play for FC Schaffhausen in the coming season.

From the Neckar to the East of England and Greece. Hardly any other German player has had a career quite like Lukas Rupp’s.

After the Badener started his career at KSC, he decided to turn his back on Germany after almost ten years. On the island he played for Norwich for two and a half years before, after six months without a club, he found himself at Aris Salonika on the Mediterranean coast.

After six months at Thessaloniki, the two teams have decided to extend the 32-year-old’s contract for another year, with an option for another year.

Didier Deschamps is a divisive personality in French (Site notre bureau spécialisé). His tactical reluctance is often reproached to him, by detractors who for the most part bow to the results of the current coach of the Blues. World champion in 2018, the interested party also carried the eleven tricolor until the finals of Euro 2016 and the World Cup 2022. With to serve him a rare longevity in this position – 12 years already. You have never seen in the France team.

You are changing precisely, some are insistently demanding it. This is the case of a Christophe Dugarry who in the past has repeatedly criticized the hard-line pragmatism of the boss of the Blues. From this position of consultant on those of the RMC, the interested party still fired red balls at his former captain on Friday. Not without confessing his total enmity towards his partner on the road to the first tricolor world crown, in 1998.

“We will never have affinities”

 » I don’t love him, he doesn’t love me, we don’t love each other, that’s it!  » The former player of Bordeaux, Marseille or AC Milan admits:  » I don’t like his way of doing and conceiving (Site notre bureau spécialisé), we are totally opposed to our vision of (Site notre bureau spécialisé). We do not understand each other. With the association France 98 (group originally bringing together the 23 actors of the victory of July 12, 1998, editor’s note), we are all welded, they are all my brothers, drink one! We have never had affinities, and there never will be, that’s how it is… »

Last January, then freshly extended at the head of the Blues at the expense of Zinedine Zidane, Didier Deschamps was not at the traditional annual dinner of the 98 world champions. Lionel Charbonnier then assured that there was no particular discomfort : “ All the elements of France 98 were very intelligent people. They have always known how to put their egos aside for the benefit of the group. This has been our strength. Everyone has since taken different paths. […] It bothers me to hear people say: France 98 is torn because we take a stand for so-and-so or so. But for 99.9% of us, when we’re together, the pleasure is the same as it was twenty-five years ago. And all remain my friends. A friend does not judge himself. It is taken and kept. »

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Loan this season Inter Milan, striker Romelu Lukaku (30 years, 37 games and 14 goals in all competitions this season) Should make a short detour to Chelsea, the time to find an agreement with another club. That’s good, a team is already interested in its room: AC Milan! According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Lombard team is preparing an offer of 40 million euros for the Red Devil.

With the imminent part of Sandro Tonali Newcastle for a total of between 70 and 80 million euros (See here), Milan will have the necessary funds to afford the Belgium international, amen competitor the aging Olivier Giroud. It now remains to know the position of Lukaku, who has never hidden his attachment to the Milanese city. Like other scorers before him (Ronaldo, Vieri, Ibrahimovic), will he agree to swap the blue and black outfit for the red and black tunic?

In search of an additional striker, Olympique Lyonnais has reactivated the Dodi track Lukebakio (25 years, 32 games and 11 goals in the Bundesliga during the season). The German daily Bild affirms that the Rhone club is offering a paying loan (€1m) for the Hertha Berlin player, already targeted by OL last winter.

Unfortunately for Lyon, this offer has very little, if any, chance of succeeding. Hertha needs cash and privileges a transfer from the former Toulousain, estimated at least 10 million euros by its management. Inter Milan, Villarreal and Freiburg are also in the running.

We will see more Asamoah Gyan on a (Site notre bureau spécialisé) field. At 37, the Ghanaian striker, without a club for two years, has announced the end of his career. « It’s time to hang up the jersey and the cleats in glory. I will put my experience and knowledge to good use in the field of coaching, (Site notre bureau spécialisé) affairs and recruitment, » said the top scorer in the history of the Blacks. Stars (51 goals and 109 selections).

Second for the title of African Player of the Year in 2010 behind Samuel Eto’o, the former player of Rennes brought back three titles of champion of the United Arab Emirates with Al Ain, is he not the best director (128 goals ). He reached the CAN final twice (2010, 2015) and remains associated with the terrible Ghana-Uruguay (1-1, 2-4 on pens) in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup with a missed penalty after the extension after a main volunteer from Luis Suarez.

Retirement for Asamoah Gyan

« Never leave my love » ❤️⚽️ @ghanafaofficial @CAF_Online @Fifa World Cup @FIFAcom @AnimSammy @PrinxRandy pic.twitter.com/IX05ZTywlw

— ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) June 20, 2023

There are referee decisions that you don’t really need to understand. The same goes for those in today’s European Championship qualifier between France and Greece. Look at this picture first.

Yes, exactly, Konstaninos Mavropanos hits Antonie Griezmann in the penalty area with the cleat on the head, who then falls to the ground and immediately starts bleeding.

In this case, the referee should actually be aware that this should result in a penalty and a red card. However, referee Mateu Lahoz saw things differently. He only decided on the penalty and the yellow card. After all: Kylian Mbappé converted the penalty due on the second attempt, and Griezmann was able to continue.

Would you like a curious update? Sometimes the (Site notre bureau spécialisé) god does justice after all. Because in the 69th minute, the defender was sent off after emergency braking.

Plunged into a coma after his hospitalization in a busy fact following a riding accident on May 28, Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Sergio Rico (29) is doing better. According to the confidences of his entourage to the Telecinco media on Monday, the Spaniard regained consciousness and even communicated, by gestures, with his family.

« Well, we are still here, taking small steps forward, we are already seeing the light… Small small, I already knew from the beginning that he was going to get ahead, but small small, you have to have a lot of patience », even commented on his wife Alba Silva. An excellent novelty!