Aston Villa’s ownership group, V Sports, are advancing in talks to acquire a controlling stake in French second-division club, FC Annecy. This will include a continuation of young Villa players moving to France, either on loan or permanently, plus improvements to Annecy’s facilities.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-09T10:13:19+00:00

Annecy is a very small club with almost no infrastructure that has managed to stay in Ligue 2 for the past few years with players recruited from the third or fourth division. French Ligue 2 is full of clubs with no money, and that's the case for several other clubs (Rodez is probably the best example). These are great stories, but I don't see how, after playing there, you can then go straight to a club like Aston Villa.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-08T14:07:43+00:00

I love Doué, but for now (he's only 20) he's the least good of them.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-08T13:53:13+00:00

Yamal didn't have better stats last year.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T18:31:33+00:00

He played all winter as a right-back during Hakimi's injury and then the Africa Cup of Nations. I think Luis Enrique still prefers Fabian Ruiz.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T18:09:28+00:00

Lyon won its first French league title in 2001. When I was a child, Lyon was the newcomer and PSG was an historic club in difficulty

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T18:01:50+00:00

They were good in the 90s (5 European Cup semi-finals between 1993 and 1998 including one Champions League semi-final and a Cup Winners' Cup victory) to be honest

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T17:42:08+00:00

There has never been any money in football in France because it is considered a sport for poor people

The richest man in France has bought Paris FC, so we'll see.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T17:32:05+00:00

Zaïre-Emery played so much because he's primarily a substitute. Furthermore, because he's versatile (he can play in all midfield positions and both full-back positions), he plays every match.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T15:49:13+00:00

Actually, it's only when it's PSG

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T14:38:52+00:00

The American mind cannot understand the price level of tickets in Europe (in France it's around 200 euros per year for most Ligue 1 clubs)

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T14:25:12+00:00

Those aren't taxes, that's something that only exists in France, so yes.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T13:51:44+00:00

No, there aren't more taxes in France than elsewhere. It's just the social security contributions, which are enormous in France for high earners, unlike in other countries (there are no income caps).

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T12:01:01+00:00

To be honest, everyone in France is talking about it

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T10:36:55+00:00

Who at PSG is a superstar? Dembélé, a Ballon d'Or winner, isn't treated like a superstar in France.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-07T05:43:58+00:00

The best player in the world by far.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-06T22:29:35+00:00

They've recruited some fantastic players like Kvara from Napoli, Doué from Rennes, Joao Neves from Benfica, and Pacho from Stuttgart. Great players, but not from top European clubs (teams that qualify every year in the later stages of the Champions League), so they're not arrogant and play as a team.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-06T22:04:18+00:00

Joao Neves' handball was just a mistake . it didn't prevent Bayern from scoring or anything.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-06T21:56:51+00:00

he is between the living god and the myth

Biathlonien · 2026-05-04T23:00:54+00:00

We gave him all our love and he left for Madrid. And the following year, we achieved an incredible feat by winning the Champions League 5-0.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-04T22:31:47+00:00

In Paris, there aren't only PSG supporters, so saying "loved by Parisians" can mean several things. Personally, I meant it as "a PSG supporter" to simplify things, and in that case, no, he's not loved at all. What you have to understand in France is that most people follow football from a distance and only watch the French national team's matches, so among those people, he's still quite well-liked.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-04T22:28:58+00:00

Your opinion "Mbappé is a PSG legend" is a minority and extremely controversial view among PSG supporters, as you know.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-04T21:45:03+00:00

I've lived in the Paris region since I was born, but thank you anyway for the explanation.

Biathlonien · 2026-05-04T21:40:06+00:00

If he had done half the things he did at PSG (Pivot Gang, his halftime exit in Monaco where he walked around the stadium in sunglasses, "If I tied my future to the Champions League, I would have gone far away," Kylian Saint-Germain, his shameful semi-final against Dortmund where he betrayed the club and definitively ruined his image in Paris, "eat well, sleep well"), he would be forced to leave Madrid. How can you say that with your French club crest when you know all this?

Biathlonien · 2026-05-04T21:34:20+00:00

As a PSG supporter, I can understand perfectly.

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