Lille coach Rudi Garcia has hinted he could rest top striker Moussa Sow and influential midfielder Eden Hazard when the Ligue 1 champions take on Lorient on Saturday.
"Some players have been feeling muscle pains and he [Sow] is one of them," Garcia told reporters, adding that he had been trying to give Hazard a breather towards the end of games.
"We have not won anything, let's not forget this," coach Rene Girard told sports daily L'Equipe on Friday. "But we're just becoming a team that is respected. Some doubted this, I did not."
Paris Saint-Germain striker Mevlut Erding has extended his contract by one year, L'Equipe reported.
Striker Andre-Pierre Gignac and midfielder Benoit Cheyrou have been ruled out of Olympique Marseille's trip to Valenciennes on Saturday due to injury.
Lyon, however, will have to make do without France keeper Hugo Lloris, who was sent off in his team's 1-0 defeat at Caen earlier this week.
