Aston Villa will get to face Lille in the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League following the draws which took place in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, Afrosport reports. Villa finished in the top eight in the league phase while Lille needed extra time to see off Serbian side Red Star Belgrade 2-1 on aggregate in the knockout playoffs. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest will get to...
French Ligue 1 side Lille have announced that Hamza Igamane suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in Morocco's 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final defeat against Senegal, Afrosport reports. The 23-year-old was on the bench for the final and came on in extra time as the sixth substitute. He lasted seven minutes before going off injured. The North African giants finished the game with 10...
Morocco forward Hamza Igamane scored his first European goal for Lille as they defeated Norwegian side Brann in their UEFA Europa League league phase opener on Thursday, Afrosport reports. The 22-year-old scored on his debut for the French club with a brace in a 7-1 Ligue 1 win at Lorient before the September international break. He got his first European goal for Les Dogues, with a...
Former France international Samuel Umtiti has called time on his professional football career at the age of 31, Afrosport reports. The defender, who played last competitive match in January 2024, recently featured for French side Lille before he was released in June following the expiration of his contract. Umtiti took the decision after recent struggles with serious knee injuries and failure to find a new team....
PSG have completed the signing of goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier from Lille on a five-year contract that runs until June 2030, Afrosport reports. The 23-year-old Frenchman joined PSG for a reported fee of around €40 million and is tipped to replace Gianluigi Donnarumma, who has a year left in his existing contract with the Parisians and has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United. Chevalier...
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