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Liverpool reject approaches from AS Roma & Bayer Leverkusen for Mamadou Sakho

According to our colleagues at Sky Sports, Liverpool have rejected initial approaches from AS Roma and Bayer Leverkusen for the signing of French defender Mamadou Sakho.

Sakho is unhappy that he is not being played in the starting XI, with Euro 2016 just around the corner. He needs regular minutes in order to be assured of a place in Didier Deschamps’ squad.

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Valencia return for Aymen Abdennour

According to Mercato 365, Spanish side Valencia have re-registered an interest concerning the possible signing of AS Monaco defender Aymen Abdennour.

Juventus are very interested in the player, but VCF need to find a replacement for Nicolas Otamendi.

With regards to reports that Aston Villa and Newcastle are discussing personal terms with the player coming from The Times this morning, these seem totally far-fetched.

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Fabio Coentrao: Between Monaco and Inter Milan

AS Monaco have reached an agreement with PSG to sell them left-back Layvin Kurzawa and are busy attempting to sign a replacement.

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According to RMC, AS Monaco’s priority is Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao. However, Monaco face competition from Inter Milan, who have been in talks over the last few days for the player.

If Monaco fail to land Coentrao, they will move back to Palermo’s Achraf Lazaar.

Papy Djilobodji to Trabzonspor, why it is stuck

According to L’Équipe, Serie A side Bologna have been in talks with Nantes over the possible transfer of central defender Papy Djilobodji since the beginning of this week, as talks between Les Canaris and Trabzonspor continue to be a struggle.

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The Turkish outfit believed that had agreed a €2.3m deal with Nantes for the player, but FCN have decided that they want more money or the inclusion of Carl Medjani in the deal as they search for a replacement central defender.

Bologna are now confident of beating Trabzonspor to the player, and could launch a formal offer imminently.

Exclusive: Raphaël Calvet: “I want to play football matches”

Get French Football Newssat down with Championship side Brentford’s central defender Raphaël Calvet to discuss his time at the London club and his aspirations for the future.

So, firstly Raphaël, you signed for Brentford in 2013, without having played a professional game with Auxerre, the club who developedyou – Can you describe for us your early years at AJ Auxerre and can you tell us what your path towards Brentford was like?

When I was 17, I progressed into Auxerre’s first-team set-up and everything was going well for me. I started to play and I did well in warm-up matches. The coach (Jean-Guy Wallemme) told me that he was going to play me at the start of the season.

Then I tore my meniscus (knee cartilage) and that put me out of training for three months. When I came back from the injury, I started to train with the first-team and then the following week a new coach arrived at the club (Bernard Casoni). He decided to put me on the bench.

Given that getting first-team game time was my priority, I then began to talk to my agent about a move to Brentford.

You decided to sign for the London-based club and to choose to leave the town where you grew up for England at the age of 19 – why did you choose to leave?

Brentford seemed interested in me and the project that they proposed really appealed to me, so I decided to head there to play my football.

You’ve now spent three years on the other side of the channel – can you explain for us the most important differences between French football and English football, from the point of view of the player?

I think the main difference between the two countries is the level of intensity in matches in England – it’s constant! It lasts for ninety-minutes. It’s spectacular. But I still think that English football is less tactical than football in France.

Recently you have been trialling with clubs, including one period with a La Liga side. What did you learn during this experience?

Yeah, the trial in Spain was really worthwhile. Football over there is different again from football in England and in France. The trial period at the club allowed me to see it first-hand and gain at bit of knowledge about how football works in Spain.

You’ve played four times for France’s U20 team and obviously lots of recruiters in your homeland have a high regard for your abilities in terms of being a centre-back – would you like to play for a French club in the future? Finally, do you have any set goals/objectives for the future?

As I said to you before, the most important thing for me at the moment is to be on the pitch playing football. If aproject proposed by an interested club appeals to me and if they want to be put their trust in me, I will be happy to listen. It will be up to me to prove myself afterwards.

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Brendan Macfarlane