It’s official: Olympique Lyonnais will stay in Ligue 1 next season. After 18 days of uncertainty following a provisional relegation, the DNCG’s appeal commission has approved the club’s financial plan, including an €83 million cash injection and multiple player sales (Lopes, Cherki, Lacazette…).

Pape Daouda Diong is on the verge of a loan move to Dunkerque in Ligue 2. This deal, expected to be finalized in the coming days, should offer the RC Strasbourg midfielder consistent playing time and the ideal environment to bounce back.

Columbus Crew are confirmed to be finalizing a deal to bring in Hugo Picard from French Ligue 2's Guingamp as a U22 initiative player.

This Friday, the Ligue de Football Professionnel announced a major change in the rule for “automatic” suspensions in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 from the 2025-2026 season. This means the end of 3 yellow cards in a 10-match period.

With reports linking Hugo Picard, the 22-year-old French midfielder from Guingamp, to Columbus Crew under the MLS U22 Initiative, fans are eager to understand what makes him such a compelling target. A closer look at his 2024–25 Ligue 2 season reveals a player whose profile aligns remarkably well with the Crew’s tactical identity.

Seven-time French champions Lyon have kept their Ligue 1 place after winning their appeal against relegation, the French Football Federation (FFF) said on Wednesday.

Lyon are confident their relegation to Ligue 2 will be overturned, sources told ESPN, as their appeal hearing started on Wednesday morning.

L’Équipe reports that two Bundesliga outfits are interested in securing the services of Ligue 2 striker Timothé Nkada. Hoffenheim and Köln are apparently interested in the Rodez AF forward, who