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BBC News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Swansea close to deal for winger Inoussa
Swansea City are close to agreeing a deal for BK Hacken winger Zeidane Championship club are expected to pay a sizeable fee for 22-year-old Inoussa, who is poised to become the first signing of the Alan Sheehan era.A Sweden Under-21 international, Inoussa left his homeland to join Caen as a teenager and got his first taste of senior football with the French had loan spells with Real Murcia and Valencia's second-string side before returning to Sweden to play for Brommapojkarna in moved to Hacken last year and has since scored nine goals in 23 has been linked with a number of clubs including Celtic, but his move to Swansea could be confirmed early next will be joined in Wales this summer by fellow countryman Melker Widell, who agreed a move in the last transfer are also lining up a move for Kilmarnock striker Bobby Wales.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Michel Der Zakarian confirms SM Caen departure
Months after being sacked by Montpellier HSC, Michel Der Zakarian will once again be out of a coaching job in the coming weeks. The 62-year-old was appointed manager of SM Caen in February, with the goal of trying to dig them out a deep hole in Ligue 2 and help them avoid relegation. That did not happen with the club from Normandy, already assured of going down into Championnat National with a mere 21 points from 31 matches. Advertisement Der Zakarian said that he may not have resigned if not for their relegation. 'I might have been tempted to continue, but in Ligue 2,' he said. The former FC Nantes, Stade de Reims, and Montpellier boss has only won one of his nine Ligue 2 matches in charge of Les Vikings, suffering a humiliating 4-0 defeat last Saturday at soon-to-be-promoted FC Lorient. Caen, owned by French captain Kylian Mbappé (26) have two more matches in Ligue 2 this season, but even if they win them both they will still finish at the bottom of the table. Before coming to Caen, Der Zakarian was in charge of Montpellier but was sacked following a 5-0 defeat in Ligue 1 to Olympique de Marseille. Montpellier are also guaranteed to finish dead last in Ligue 1 this season. Advertisement When asked if he might retire from coaching after a rough campaign, Der Zakarian responded, 'Personally, I don't want to finish on two consecutive failures in one season. Even though I consider that Montpellier is not necessarily a failure on my part, because there have been things that have not been correct. I'm always hungry for football.' This season, Caen have conceded 55 goals, five more than the next closest team in Ligue 2. Friday will be his last opportunity to claim a domestic home triumph as their manager with Caen hosting SC Bastia in Normandy at Stade Michel-d'Ornano. GFFN | Joel Lefevre
Straits Times
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Lorient return to Ligue 1 after one season
Lorient return to Ligue 1 after one season Ligue 2 leaders Lorient beat bottom side Caen 4-0 at home on Saturday to seal their promotion back to the French top tier after one season. Lorient were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2023-24 campaign when they finished 17th. The hosts were up 2-0 at the break after striker Mohamed Bamba opened the scoring in the 16 minute and Eli Junior Kroupi, league's leading scorer with 20 goals, doubled the lead seven minutes later. Sambou Soumano added two more goals late on. Lorient lead the standings on 68 points after 32 games, three points above second-placed Paris FC and seven ahead of Metz in third. There are two games left in the competition and two top teams earn automatic promotion. Metz, who were also relegated from Ligue 1 last season, host lowly Rodes on Friday when Paris travel to relegation-threatened Martigues. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kylian Mbappé-owned SM Caen relegated to National
Kylian Mbappé-owned SM Caen relegated to National It has been a week to forget for Kylian Mbappé (26). The France captain came off injured during Real Madrid's UEFA Champions League elimination at the hands of Arsenal on Wednesday and on Friday, the club that he bought in the summer, SM Caen, was relegated from Ligue 2. Advertisement With three games remaining in the Ligue 2 season, Caen's fate has been confirmed. Rock-bottom of the league, a 3-0 defeat at home to fellow strugglers Martigues was the nail in the coffin. It is the first time in 41 years that the club will drop to the third division. There was anger from the fans, expressed through a pitch invasion post-match, as well as a banner unfurled by the club's ultras: 'Management, players – all to blame, all out,' it read, calling for a clear-out at the club. It comes less than a year after Mbappé purchased the club through his investment fund, Coalition Capital. Nicolas Seube began the season as Caen manager and despite his sacking early in the campaign, ended the season with the best points-per-game ratio (0.94) of any of the three managers who have inherited the post. Bruno Baltazar lost all seven of the games that he took charge of, whilst Michel Der Zakarian (0.75 points-per-game) has failed to save the club from its inevitable fate. Next season, Caen will compete in the National 1, the third tier of French football. GFFN | Luke Entwistle
Yahoo
09-04-2025
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- Yahoo
‘We reap what we sow' – Alexandre Mendy criticises Kylian Mbappé's ownership as Caen sink towards relegation
'We reap what we sow' – Alexandre Mendy criticises Kylian Mbappé's ownership as Caen sink towards relegation SM Caen have spent the past forty years since turning professional competing across the top two tiers of French football. However, that stay looks to be under threat with the club on a collision course with relegation from Ligue 2. Advertisement After three successive seasons finishing in the top half (7th, 5th, and 6th), Caen find themselves rooted to the bottom of the table. The club have lost 19 times this season, the latest coming last night with a 4-2 defeat to promotion chasers Paris FC. Alexandre Mendy (31), the club's all-time top scorer, laid the blame squarely at the feet of the new ownership. The Normandy-based team was bought by Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé (26) over the summer via his investment group, Coalition Capital. Kylian Mbappé's ownership comes under fire Mendy told beIN Sports during his post-match interview, 'It's a reflection of our season. I'm speaking for myself, but when you start a new season with the wrong energy – everyone knows what happened during this transfer window for several players – this is what it looks like today. We'll fight until the end, but we only reap what we sow.' Advertisement Mendy was referring to his wish to join Sunderland during the summer transfer window. An agreement between the clubs had been reached after Mendy had been promised by the previous owners that he would be allowed to leave, but the deal was scuppered as the new ownership did not want to part ways with their star player. At the time, the striker told Foot Mercato, 'I don't want to force my way out of the club, but today, I'm very affected by this situation. I don't understand it. I feel wronged and betrayed'. GFFN | Nick Hartland
