Ligue 1 experienced this period of change at several speeds: PSG did the bare minimum despite plummeting results, OL were omnipresent in the direction of departures and OM recorded two striking arrivals.

There are only a few hours left for the Championship clubs to sign a big deal: the 20 elite teams have until 11:00 p.m. Tuesday to transmit their new contracts to the Professional Football League (LFP).

Two weeks before their crucial round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Bayern Munich, will PSG manage to save their transfer window?

So far, the L1 leader has only sold the Spaniard Pablo Sarabia to Wolverhampton … But in terms of arrivals, it's nothing.

Paris inquired about the promise of Lyon Rayan Cherki (19), but OL did not follow up.

The latest rumors lead to the former Bordelais and Barcelonan Malcom, Brazilian player of Zenit Saint-Petersburg, but the file is not closed.

In defense, Milan Skriniar, the Slovak from Inter Milan, is targeted, like last summer.

For the end of the season or from Tuesday?

"The club is working on the arrival of at least one player. There are significant constraints with financial fair play. We want reinforcements," said coach Christophe Galtier on Sunday after the draw against Reims (1- 1).

Another hot issue in Paris, the hypothesis of a departure of goalkeeper N.2 Keylor Navas, courted by Nottingham Forrest, in the Premier League.

Moffi to Nice?

In Marseille, the supporters had a little more to eat... But they are struggling, for the time being, to be convinced by the arrival on loan with an option to buy from the Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovskyi, in from Atalanta Bergamo.

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The Moroccan Azzedine Ounahi (22), revelation of the Mondial-2022, also reinforced the workforce on Sunday from Angers.

The Marseille club has recorded several departures, including Gerson to Flamengo (Brazil) and especially striker Bamba Dieng, revealed to OM and left for Lorient for an estimated ten million euros.

According to the press, his compatriot Pape Gueye is close to Sevilla FC, while French international Jonathan Clauss is the subject of offers from Atlético Madrid.

But the eternal quest for the "great striker" suffered a new setback, with the probable failure of negotiations to bring in the Lorient player Terem Moffi (12 goals), who gave his preference to Nice, pending a agreement between the two clubs.

In the meantime, the Gym has already let slip another center forward: Andy Delort.

The former Caennais joined FC Nantes, we learned on Sunday from a source close to the Canaries.

Badiashile, the most expensive in winter

The other hot spot of the hexagonal transfer window is located in Lyon, sad 9th in Ligue 1 which seeks to reshape its workforce.

Dejan Lovren, a former home, has strengthened the defense, and OL are awaiting the arrival on loan of a Brazilian winger, Jeffinho.

But the club of Jean-Michel Aulas has especially degreased.

Winger Tete left for Leicester, Karl Toko Ekambi joined Rennes, Romain Faivre was loaned to Lorient and promising full-back Malo Gusto agreed to Chelsea for 35 million euros.

The latter remains on loan in the Rhône until the end of the season.

Elsewhere in France, only a few significant changes animated the start of winter: goalkeepers Benoît Costil and Benjamin Lecomte joined Lille and Montpellier respectively, RC Lens attracted Strasbourg's Adrien Thomasson and Strasbourg let striker Ludovic Ajorque slip away in Mainz (Germany).

Finally, Lorient made a nice capital gain by sending their winger Dango Ouattara to Bournemouth for more than 20 million euros.

But the most expensive transfer of the winter is to the credit of Monaco, which recovered nearly 40 million euros from Chelsea for the defender of Monaco and the Blues Benoit Badiashile.

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