Paris Saint-Germain Close to Offering Laurent Blanc Fresh Two-Year Deal

It will play Lorient on the road on Saturday with a Champions League match against Malmo in between on November 25.

‘We are proud of what we are – our values, our freedoms – and nobody will stop France living as it wishes with its way of life and above all its freedoms’.

The former France international’s existing deal is set to expire in the close season and speculation has linked both Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola with a possible move to Parc des Princes. “We have to carry on with our jobs to get over all this”.

French officials have said at least 129 people were killed in Paris, with hundreds others injured after what appeared to be co-ordinated terror attacks.

PSG forward Javier Pastore revealed earlier this week that two of his friends had died in the attacks. “They are affected and putting a lot of things into perspective too”, added Blanc, who this week celebrated his 50th birthday. “There is a job to do, which has been done, and which is easier to say than do”. “It’s our duty to prepare well. and to play as well as we can, despite the hard context”.

Argentina midfielder Pastore has returned to the French capital after spending the worldwide break in his home country, where he discovered news of the tragedy shortly after his side’s 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Brazil.