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SENEGAL – Two Senegalese in the Top 20 of the biggest salaries in Ligue 1
Two Senegalese internationals are in the Top 20 of the biggest salaries of Ligue 1. They are the new player called Abdou Diallo and his teammate at PSG, Idrissa Gueye. By Footempo
Lately, a health and financial crisis has forced several Ligue 1 clubs to announce that they have reached agreements with their players in order to implement wage cuts that have become vital for the survival of certain teams. Deprived of the «matchday» recipes and knocked out by the Mediapro affair, the clubs tighten their belts to avoid closing the door. But in these difficult times, there are things that are not going to change.
Starting with the outrageous domination of the Paris Saint-Germain players in the Team’s record on the biggest salaries in Ligue 1. Like every year, the Rouge-et-Bleu are in the top 10, or even the top 20. Indeed, only a few players from AS Monaco (Wissam Ben Yedder, Cesc Frabregas), Olympique Lyonnais (Memphis Depay) and Olympique de Marseille (Florian Thauvin) come to interfere among the twenty biggest emoluments of our championship.
A domination of the PSG
Not surprisingly (the announced salaries are in gross monthly) Neymar (€3.06 million) and Kylian Mbappé (€2.098 million) are far ahead of everyone in the first two places. Captain Marquinhos and midfielder Marco Verratti complete the podium with €1.2 million per month. Next came Angel Di Maria (€1.1 million), who recently extended until 2022, and PSG savior Keylor Navas (€1 million). Mauro Icardi (€800,000), Leandro Paredes (€750,000), Juan Bernat (€700,000) and Presnel Kimpembe (€670,000) closed the top 10.
Only non-Paris players to be in the top 20 of the biggest salaries, Wissam Ben Yedder is €650,000 (12th), just ahead of Spain’s Cesc Fabregas (€600,000 (13th)). Memphis Depay is 16th in this ranking with 480,000€, four places ahead of Marseille’s Florian Thauvin (422,000€). Julian Draxler (14th, €600,000), Idrissa Gueye (15th, €500,000), Layvin Kurzawa (17th, €450,000), Pablo Sarabia (18th, €450,000) and Abdou Diallo (19th, €450,000) are also in the top 20. Finally, it is necessary to go down to the 22nd place to see no more Parisians. Recently arrived in Ligue 1, Arkadiusz Milik is 23rd with 400,000€.
Source : Footempo
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has just unveiled the emblem and the official poster of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, Morocco 2024. A symbolic launch that embodies the renewal and growing ambition of women’s football in Africa.
This is a new milestone for African women’s football. This Wednesday, JUNE 11, 2025, the CAF revealed the visual identity of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, which will be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025. Through this modern and powerful emblem, the CAF intends to reflect the growing prestige of the tournament, while paying tribute to the cultural richness of the host country, Morocco, and the diversity of women’s football on the continent.
Morocco, the host country of the previous edition in 2022, had already made an impression by hosting a high-caliber competition, crowned by record attendance and an internationally acclaimed organization. The 2025 edition therefore promises to take things up a notch, both in terms of sports and media.
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Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Partenariat: La FIF et le Groupe Carré D’Or ensemble pour la promotion du football Ivoirien
La Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) et le Groupe Carré D’Or ont conclu, ce vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à Novotel Plateau, un accord de partenariat en vue du développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire.
Leader de l’agro-industrie en Côte d’Ivoire depuis la fin des années 90, le Groupe Carré D’Or vient de s’ajouter à la liste des entreprises citoyennes partenaires de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) dans sa mission de développer le football en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce vendredi en effet, à Novotel Plateau, son Directeur Exécutif M. Khalil Ezzedine et le Président de la FIF M. Yacine Idriss Diallo, ont paraphé devant une parterre d’invité constitué de chefs d’entreprises, de légendes du football Ivoirien, de dirigeants sportifs et des médias, un accord de partenariat.
« Au Groupe Carré D’Or, nous avons une politique sportive très développée. Depuis plusieurs années en effet, nous partageons notre passion du port avec les Ivoiriens, sur le plan organisationnel et du sponsoring. Pour nous, sceller un partenariat avec la FIF un fait naturel. Nous sommes donc heureux de soutenir les Éléphants et dans le même temps le championnat national. C’est un réel plaisir de nous associer à la FIF dans sa mission de développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire et à participer à l’encadrement de la jeunesse Ivoirienne », explique le patron du Groupe Carré d’Or.
Pour sa part, le Président de la FIF, M. Yacine Idriss Diallo s’est réjouit de cette union avec le Groupe Carré d’Or.« Notre mission est d’encadrer la jeunesse à travers la mise en place d’une organisation efficiente pour que le football ivoirien aille de l’avant. Et donc dans cette mission là, avoir à ses côtés des entreprises symboliques comme le Groupe Carré d’Or est une fierté et une grande joie pour nous. Nous allons faire tout pour que ce partenariat soit de qualité, qu’il soit gagnant-gagnant sur l’ensemble des produits qui vont être utilisés. Le Groupe Carré d’Or sera donc à nos côtés en partie avec les Éléphants mais aussi sur la Ligue 1 et d’autres activités de la fédération. C’est donc une grosse satisfaction pour nous », reconnaît le Président de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football.
