The consistent Bacary Sagna by KJ I'm of the opinion that our little Frenchman, Bacary Sagna has been our best defender for quite some time now. I haven't seen a player be so consistent for Arsenal over the years, it's mind boggling. Sagna began his career at Auxerre winning the French cup in 2005. Soon [.

This January's Arsenal transfer news was relatively quiet at the Emirates Stadium, with Thierry Henry returning to the club on loan from New York Red Bulls and German teenager Thomas Eisfeld arriving from Borussia Dortmund for a modest fee.

However, activity has not always been this sedate at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger making some surprising and at times, blockbuster signings in January.

This January's Arsenal transfer news was relatively quiet at the Emirates Stadium, with Thierry Henry returning to the club on loan from New York Red Bulls and German teenager Thomas Eisfeld arriving from Borussia Dortmund for a modest fee.

However, activity has not always been this sedate at Arsenal, with Arsene Wenger making some surprising and at times, blockbuster signings in January.

There is news coming out that both Newcastle and Arsenal are interested in Lille defender Aurelien Chedjou. Aurélien Chedjou - has played 16 times for Cameroon The 26 year old Cameroon international joined Lille in 2007 and had previously played for Rouen from 2006, and before that had been at Auxerre, so he's played his football wholly in [.

The UEFA Champions League knockout stage continues, with the finalists from the 2010 tournament looking to secure road results in the first legs of their Round of 16 ties.

The 2010 champions, Inter Milan, are stuck in a dreadful run of form, not having won in their last six matches (0-5-1 in that time).

A final. That's what this game is, as will be every game until the end of the season. With no cards left, the Lyonnais have no other choice than doing their very best to win all games remaining, and hope that the 5 clubs ahead don't.

After the bitter taste left by the draw with QSG, it may be difficult to remobilize a team who did everything to win that game, and who could -and should have won.

Diaby is injured again! by KJ The French-international Abou Diaby is well documented for his continuous injuries and has been labelled injury prone by many Arsenal fans. Is it the right time to let him go? Arsenal had signed him from French club Auxerre for an estimated £2 million. Apparently he had turned down our [.

Olympique Lyonnais vs. AJ Auxerre

Stade Municipal de Gerland, Week 31, Ligue 1

Just last season, one could see Auxerre trying to fight their way in the Champions League group stages, against Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Ajax. Heck, they even beat Ajax at home! But things have changed, things have changed.

Il Montpellier cade inaspettatamente in casa del Lorient, nella 32/a giornata di Ligue 1, ma il Psg di Ancelotti ne approfitta parzialmente rimediando un solo punticino all'Abbé-Deschamps contro l'Auxerre che, nonostante l'ultimo posto in graduatoria e la rete di svantaggio, reagisce e perviene al pari in zona cesarini.

Ligue 1: Analisi e commento del 33° turno Di Stefano Lazzarato Situazione immutata in testa come distanze ma il Psg recupera nella differenza reti sul Montpellier. Tra le prime cade solo il Tolosa mentre in coda l'Auxerre è a un passo dalla b. A rischio retrocessione altre otto squadre. Battendo il Valenciennes, il Montpellier mantiene la testa della classifica.

In January 2006, we were in a bit of a mess.
Patrick Vieira, the lynchpin of three title-winning teams, had been abruptly sold in the summer of 2005 and we had failed in our attempts to buy a replacement. Fabregas and Gilberto did their best to strike-up an effective partnership in midfield, but couldn't cover up the fact that we had a hole in the middle of the side.

For anyone writing transfer rumour stories ten years ago, the name of Philippe Mexes used to crop up with predictable regularity. At that stage in his career, the Frenchman was a precocious talent who was building a reputation at Auxerre as one of the most promising defenders around.

In 2004 however, as rumours began to link the player with many of Europe's top clubs, he moved on to Roma but a combination of factors has meant that his career hasn't exactly turned out as planned.

Al 94′, grazie alla rete di Ait Fana, il Montpellier supera, tra le mura amiche, i campioni di Francia del Lille, e mette sostanzialmente le mani sul titolo. E' accaduto ieri sera, al termine della penultima fatica stagionale, nel campionato transalpino, per i ragazzi di Girard, in lotta per la conquista della Ligue 1 conContinua a leggere .

PSG beat Lorient on the final day of the Ligue 1 season, which meant Montpellier had to win or draw against last-place Auxerre to win their first top-flight title in the club's history.

In front of a bitter crowd in Auxerre, that task become much more difficult than it first seemed when the home side went up 1-0 in the 20th minute.

On this week's review section we congratulate the new champions of Europe, the new champions of France and the new Italian Cup winners, while Bayern and Auxerre also feature in our bad and ugly sections.

A dispetto dei pronostici d'inizio anno, che davano il Psg vincente a mani basse, il Montpellier di Rene Girard si aggiudica il titolo in Francia, e si laurea campione in Ligue 1 per la prima volta nella sua storia. 34 anni di attesa si sono chiusi ieri sera, sul campo dell'Auxerre (gi matematicamente retrocessa) dopoContinua a leggere .

By Chris Wright

With an annual budget of just £27 million, little Montpellier beat Auxerre to win their first ever Ligue 1 title on the final day of the French season at the weekend, knocking nouvelle riche fatcats Paris Saint-Germain back into second spot in the process which meant that, courtesy of a bold wager made back in April, Montpellier's owner, 68-year old businessman Louis Nicollin, had to do this to his hair (orange and blue being MHSC's club colours).

Montpellier HSC are the French champions for the very first time in their history. They needed only to draw away at bottom club Auxerre but managed to secure a 2-1 win, thanks to a brace from John Utaka and help send their hosts down into Ligue 2 for the first time since they were promoted back in 1980.

By Ulysse Pasquier, writing from Montreal

It's been a week and still even Rémi Gaillard can't quite believe it. Who would have thought at the start of the season that Montpellier, the 13th budget in Ligue 1, would end up lifting the trophy for the first time in its history.