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ESPN FC’s Ligue 1 correspondent Julien Laurens shares the latest on Adrien Rabiot’s future, amid links between the PSG midfielder and Barcelona.
Barcelona showed “arrogance” and did not “behave like a big club” by signing Toulouse’s Jean-Clair Todibo for nothing, the French side’s president has said.
Barca confirmed on Tuesday that Todibo, 19, would join them in July when his contract with Toulouse expires. The centre-back, who only made his first-team debut earlier this season and has made just 10 top-flight appearances, has not played for Toulouse since early November after refusing to sign his first professional contract with…

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Shaka Hislop weighs up the latest transfer rumours involving Eden Hazard, Aaron Ramsey, Christian Eriksen, Miguel Almiron and more.
Barcelona are close to finalising a deal to sign Toulouse’s highly rated centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo, sources have told ESPN FC.
Todibo, 19, has not played for Toulouse since November, when negotiations over a new contract broke down. His terms expire in the summer and since the beginning of January he has been free to hold talks with other clubs.
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Manchester City and Juventus had also been linked with the French defender, but Barca sporting director Eric Abidal, a former France international,…

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