Ajaccio will suffer the humiliation of being relegated by their arch rivals if they fail to win at Corsican neighbours Bastia on Sunday.
Ligue 1 s bottom club have endured a nightmarish season, and stand on the brink of dropping into the second tier after a campaign that has seen them claim just three league wins.
And Christian Bracconi s men will need to take maximum points at the Stade Armand Cesari if they are to stand any chance of staying in the top flight.
However, Ajaccio have not emerged victorious in the Corsican derby since 2008, and even if Bracconi s side do beat Bastia, they will still be relegated should 17th place Guingamp who are 15 points ahead of the islanders with five games remaining win at Bordeaux.
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Milan have completed the signing of striker Marko Lazetic from Red Star Belgrade.
Lazetic, who turned 18 last week, joins the Serie A giants on a deal that runs through until the end of the 2025-26 campaign.
The Serbia youth international progressed through Red Star s academy and made his senior debut for the club in November 2020.
Following a loan spell with feeder club Graficar Beograd, Lazetic returned to Red Star at the start of this season and found the net once in 16 appearances.
Milan are reported to have paid an initial €4million to sign the youngster, who has been handed the number 22 shirt at San Siro.
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Juventus want Manuel Locatelli to sign a new contract and extend his stay at the club, according to . The report has claimed that Locatelli is out of contract at the former Serie A and UEFA Champions League winners in 2026, and that Juventus want to extend it by another year.
Locatelli is one of the best midfielders in Italy and is a key figure in the Juventus team. The 25-year-old Italy international has played four times in Serie A for the Bianconeri so far this season. Locatelli made 29 starts and substitute appearances in the league last season, providing two assists in the process.
Juventus are second in the Serie A table at the moment with 10 points from four matches, two points behind leaders Inter Milan. The Bianconeri will return to action on Saturday afternoon…
Kylian Mbappe continues to be linked with a move away from Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool are seemingly well in the race.
Mbappe, 20, has starred for PSG since arriving in 2017, but is reportedly a target for LaLiga giants Real Madrid.
However, Champions League winners Liverpool could also make a move for the France international forward.
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Liverpool are set to battle Real Madrid for Mbappe, according to El Desmarque.
The report says the Premier League leaders have the funds to sign Mbappe after a quiet transfer window ahead of the 2019-20 season.
Mbappe remains the main target for Madrid despite being contracted at PSG until 2022.
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Aleksander Ceferin has been named as the new president of UEFA following a landslide win at Wednesday s electoral congress in Athens.
The 48-year-old won 42 votes from a possible 55 to beat rival Michael van Praag to become the successor to Michel Platini, who stepped down this year after being hit with a four-year ban from football administration over an alleged disloyal payment in 2011.
Ceferin has proclaimed himself not part of the old establishment of football, as well as transparent and a family man all traits he considers vital to restoring some strength and credibility to European football s governing body.
But who is the man tasked with leading UEFA for at least the next three years? Here, we look at his background and what he wants to bring to the role.<…
Millwall have completed the signing of Austrian striker Stefan Maierhofer on a deal until the end of the season.
Ian Holloway s side sit just two points above the Championship drop zone, having played a game more than 22nd-place Yeovil Town and four more than basement club Charlton Athletic, as they enter their final 11 games of the campaign.
DJ Campbell, Jermaine Easter and Steve Morison are all injury doubts for Saturday s derby with Charlton Athletic and the 31-year-old could make his debut in the clash.
The former Austria international lists Bayern Munich, Rapid Vienna and Cologne among his former clubs, while he has also enjoyed spells in England before.
He joined Wolves in 2009 and was loaned to Bristol City a year later, with Maierhofer last playing a c…
Nikolai Topor-Stanley could make his first Australia appearance in more than six years after winning selection in Ange Postecoglou s 23-man squad.
The return of Topor-Stanley headlined the announcement on Thursday, with uncapped Sydney FC forward Bernie Ibini also included.
Skipper Mile Jedinak and veterans Tim Cahill and Mark Bresciano will provide the experience in a youthful squad that will play friendlies against the United Arab Emirates and Qatar next month.
Aston Villa utility Chris Herd on loan at Bolton and new Fiorentina signing Joshua Brillante were picked by Postecoglou, with the likes of youngsters Brad Smith, Massimo Luongo and Tomi Juric also involved.
Western Sydney Wanderers captain Topor-Stanley has been rewarded for his impressive club f…
Former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira has lamented the current crop of Premier League footballers, claiming some players are too worried about looking pretty.
While he works in the United States with MLS outfit New York City, Vieira still keeps a close eye on the English game, having earned a reputation as one of the best tough-tackling midfielders in the country.
Vieira had some heated battles in the Premier League, especially during his nine-year stint at Arsenal when up against Manchester United captain Roy Keane.
Asked about the Premier League and the lack of physical midfielders, Vieira told the Daily Mail: Players maybe now want to look more pretty than anything else.
I feel disappointed when I watch games now because too man…
AC Milan have completed the signing of veteran goalkeeper Marco Storari from Cagliari on a contract until the end of the season.
Brazilian shot-stopper Gabriel has moved in the opposite direction on a loan deal for the remainder of the 2016-17 campaign after agreeing a new deal with the Rossoneri until 2019.
The 40-year-old Storari previously enjoyed a spell with Milan between January 2007 and June 2010, making 13 appearances in all competitions.
He eventually left Milan for Juventus, where he served as understudy to Gianluigi Buffon until leaving for Cagliari in 2015.
Storari helped Cagliari win promotion back to Serie A in 2015-16 and remained a key figure in the opening stages of this term, but lost his starting berth late in 2016.
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One of the tastiest UEFA Champions League knockout ties starts with a match at Allianz Arena where the in-form Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich are playing host to stuttering Arsenal.
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Carlo Ancelotti did not have the best of starts in the Champions League with . As a Cup specialists, brought on a premise of the Champions League glory, Ancelotti lead his side to defeats to Atletico Madrid and Rostov in the group stages. Fortunately, it all went well in the end as the Bavarians earned their chance to fight in the knockouts and the players themselves, subsequently, could not have wished for a more favourable draw. Many of the current Bayern Munich players have rather fond memories of the English r…