France midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia has joined French title hopefuls Monaco after the Ligue 1 side agreed to pay his 20 million-euro ($26.8m) release clause with Sevilla, the principality club said Friday....
Marseille and Saint-Etienne joined Lyon at the top of Ligue 1 with respective victories over Evian and Guingamp in France on Saturday....
Colombian striker Radamel Falcao helped pay back some of his record 60-million euro transfer as he struck a late goal in Monaco's 2-0 win over Bordeaux in their French top-flight opener on Saturday....
Marseille and France goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has admitted that he turned down the chance to join big-spending Monaco this summer....