Ochoa on the way?

Fresh from having their advances spurned by Dmitri Payet, the PSG appeared to have been given the brush off by another target today, when it was announced that the magnificently coiffured Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa had made a surprising move to Ajaccio.But in a turn of events almost as unexpected as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s come-back against Roger Federer at Wimbledon, Ochoa could now be heading for the Parc-des-Princes instead.According to France Football Ochoa has cancelled his flight to Corsica, lured instead to the capital by a salary double that which was on offer at newly promoted Ajaccio.Nothing is confirmed yet, but one wonders whether Ochoa ever had any intention of joining Ajaccio, or whether it was just a ploy to get the PSG to up their offer. But either way, if he does sign...

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Rumour Central: Payet, Kaboul, Palacios, Ochoa

We've all had to make difficult choices in life.The band U2, for example, had to decide some years ago what to do with the millions they had collected in their long career of peddling unimaginative middle-of-the-road rock music; keep it in their native Ireland, supporting their homeland but subjecting themselves to a higher level of taxation, or move it abroad to a more financially favourable regime in Holland. They chose the latter. If you believe what you read in the papers, St Etienne's Dimitri Payet is at the moment choosing whether to join the PSG or Lille. Whatever he chooses, it is unlikely his decision will provoke protestations of the sort which heralded the start of Bono and co's set at Glastonbury on Friday night.Payet is presumably...

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Hurrah for continuity - Leproux and Kombouare stay put

Football club owners aren't a breed known for their close relationship with the truth.After all, how many struggling managers have received the good old "vote of confidence" from ther boss just days before being confidently booted out onto the street.But leaving that aside, today's announcement by Nasser Al-Khelaifi that PSG president Robin Leproux and coach Antoine Kombouare will keep their jobs under the new Qatari regime has to be a welcome one.Speaking after a meeting with the Direction Nationale de Contrôle et de Gestion, at which he answered questions about the club’s new ownership, Al-Khelaifi, who is expected to become the new president of the club’s advisory board, told L’Equipe: "He [Leproux] will remain president, and the coach (Kombouare) will also be the same."Quite where this...

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Rumour Central: Varane, Eto'o, Berbatov, Menez

Much like Pippa Middleton, one suspects PSG will continue to be linked with anyone vaguely eligible this summer, as lazy/overworked journos fill their pages with speculation about who is going to be the recipient of some Qatari cash.As far as PSGT is concerned, the club's pulling power is, like Middleton's, probably a bit over-rated, but today's batch of stories does include one which may have legs.Lens have reportedly accepted an offer, believed to be in the region of €10million for defender Raphael Varane. According to RMC Sport, Lens president Gervais Martel says the decision now rests with the player, with Real Madrid also interested along with Manchester United and an un-named French club named Lyon.Rumour has it that it's a straight fight...

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