Dimitri Payet

European football matchday: Spotlight on Harry Kane as Man City head to Spurs, Barcelona begin life without Messi

Kane was back in training with the Spurs squad on Friday and manager Nuno Espirito Santo said he would make a late decision on whether to play the striker against a team Kane is keen to join.

Dimitri Payet praised by Marseille president for accepting significant pay cut in fresh two-year deal

Marseille attacking midfielder Dimitri Payet signed a fresh two-year deal with the French club that runstill 2024, and has been praised by club president Jacques-Henri Eyraud for taking significant pay cuts.

Ligue 1: Dimitri Payet, Nemanja Radonjic's goals against St Etienne help Marseille consolidate second position on table

Payet netted after seven minutes and Radonjic doubled the lead late on to put Marseille on 46 points from 23 games

Ligue 1: Marseille's six-game winning streak ends with draw at Metz; Nantes secure narrow win over Nimes

Elsewhere, ninth-place Monaco's prolific attack was blunted in a 0-0 draw at Angers; Brest drew 0-0 with Nice; and Amiens was held 1-1 at home by Dijon

Ligue 1: Dimitri Payet's brace propels 10-man Marseille to narrow win over Lyon in violence-marred derby contest

Marseille supporters attacked the Lyon bus with stones, bottles and other projectiles on its way to the stadium, before visiting players were repeatedly bombarded with objects thrown from the crowd while taking corners during the match.

Ligue 1: Marseille keep hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League alive with victory over Guingamp

Marseille kept their slim hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League alive on Saturday as Rudi Garcia's men won 3-1 in Ligue 1 at relegation-threatened Guingamp

French League Cup: Strasbourg stun Marseille on penalties; Thierry Henry-led AS Monaco edge past Lorient

Marseille's miserable run of form continued with a penalty shoot-out defeat by Strasbourg in the French League Cup last 16 on Wednesday, while Monaco reached the quarter-finals to ease some of the pressure on Thierry Henry.

Ligue 1: Kylian Mbappe scores opening goal off bench against Marseille as Paris Saint-Germain equal record winning streak

Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel benched youngster Kylian Mbappe for tardiness, but the French forward came on to score the first goal against Marseille.

Ligue 1: Marseille ride on Dimitri Payet brace to register dominating victory over Toulouse on opening day

Mercurial star Dimitri Payet scored twice, including a penalty courtesy of VAR, as Marseille opened the new French Ligue 1 season with a 4-0 demolition of Toulouse on Friday.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Dimitri Payet's mother slams France boss Didier Deschamps after excluding him from squad

Didier Deschamps said the failure to call Dimitri Payet, who had been prominent in the Euro 2016 campaign, had been a logistical one.