The transfer window: Barça still grips for Isak, Puel temporarily maintained in Saint-Étienne

Isak (Real Sociedad) "

appreciated

" in Barcelona

As reported by Spanish radio

, FC Barcelona is one of the clubs courting Erling Haaland, star striker of Borussia Dortmund. But the Catalan leaders are not fooled: their economic leeway is currently far from that of Real Madrid or the biggest English clubs. A plan B will therefore emerge. And the

insists on the name of Alexander Isak "

At Barça.

The Swedish center-forward (22) was already mentioned on the Blaugrana radar last February, even before Joan Laporta was elected the club's new president.

Isak scored 17 goals in 34 La Liga appearances for Real Sociedad last season.

But it won't be free either: it was sold for € 15m by Dortmund in the summer of 2019, and recently extended until 2026.

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The beautiful volley of Isak at Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey quarter-final in February 2020 (3-4)

Bayern take the lead for Adeyemi (Salzburg)

It is one of the new nuggets of RB Salzburg after Sadio Mané, Dayot Upamecano or Erling Haaland.

Center forward Karim Adeyemi (19) is on fire with the Austrian champion, and according to

, his departure is “

”.

"

" took place with Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund, but this Saturday his father was in Munich to negotiate with Bayern.

Already a German international (3 caps, 1 goal), Adeyemi would be attracted to the Bundesliga.

Salzburg wants to sell it for an amount between 30 and 40 M €.

ASSE: Puel will be on the bench on Friday

Claude Puel's future at AS Saint-Étienne was written in dotted lines two weeks ago.

The honorable match of the Greens in the derby against Lyon (1-1) had offered him a reprieve, as revealed by

.

But the debacle this Sunday in Strasbourg (5-1) puts the idea of ​​an electroshock back on the table.

According to the regional daily Le Progrès, it will not be for now.

Claude Puel (60), whose severance payments would be significant for ASSE, will lead his team this Friday against Angers.

But he may have toasted his last joker while the Greens are the red lantern of Ligue 1.

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Fireworks at Geoffroy-Guichard to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Stade Stéphanois

Nîmes open to a departure from Ferhat this winter

His fine performances in Ligue 1 did not guarantee him a transfer to stay in the top flight, while Nîmes Olympique was relegated to Ligue 2. Zinédine Ferhat is still a Crocos player, but this may no longer be the case. at the end of winter. "

", judges the Nîmes sporting director, Reda Hammache, in the columns of

. But the Algerian offensive and international midfielder (28 years old), at the end of his contract, could also leave… for free. "

," warns Hammache. Nîmes is 13th in Ligue 2 before receiving AC Ajaccio on Monday (8:45 p.m.) at the end of the 12th day.

New coach at Salernitana (official)

Fabrizio Castori (67) was sacked by Salernitana on Sunday after a 2-1 defeat to Spezia that left the club dead last in Serie A. And his successor is already known: Stefano Colantuono (58) who had already coached the club between December 2017 and December 2018, in Serie B. The teammates of Franck Ribéry are two points behind the first non-relegation, Genoa, after 8 days.