Big French transfers so far...

...understandably won't get the interest of the big 3 but still some major transfers going through.

High profile ones:

Mario MELCHIOT: Rennes - Wigan

Jacques FATY: Rennes - Marseille

Gael GIVET: Monaco - Marseille

Benoit CHEYROU: Auxerre - Marseille

Franck RIBERY: Marseille - Bayern

Tofilou MAOULIDA: Marseilles - Auxerre

Lionel MATHIS: Auxerre - Sochaux

TIAGO: Lyon - Juventus

Matthieu BODMER: Lille - Lyon

Abdul Kaider KEITA: Lille - Lyon

Dimitri PAYET: Nantes - St.Etienne

Efstathios TAVLARIDIS: Lille - St.Etienne

Kanga AKALE: Auxerre - Lens

Jean-Claude DARCHEVILLE: Bordeaux - Rangers

Bernard MENDY: PSG - Metz



Auxerre are getting raped as are Lille - Marseille very busy and lets face it they needed 2 CB's.

Suprised by Akale as Lens have Monterubio but Guy Roux will be well aware of what Akale can do - his best season was 2004/2005 (under Roux) and he hasn't hit those heights since.

What's the latest on this xtremely talented kid (Lille's Eden Hazard):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrcPCEJsko

Allegedly FC Barcelona are after him

By the way Lille signed another belgium 15 year old (forgot his name) who is supposed to be the biggest talent Belgium ever had.

There scouting is VERY VERY good.

jonathan de guzman wrote:What's the latest on this xtremely talented kid (Lille's Eden Hazard):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrcPCEJsko

Allegedly FC Barcelona are after him

By the way Lille signed another belgium 15 year old (forgot his name) who is supposed to be the biggest talent Belgium ever had.

There scouting is VERY VERY good.

I haven't heard of either of them TBH - Mirallas is good too.

Their scouting is very good but they only take kids from Northern France or Belgium.

They figure that there will be talented kids in the South etc but they will be homesick.

The ones from the North and Belgium will always settle ok so they are more likely to get the best out of whatever they get.

I don't think Mendy's been done yet, I read today he might be heading to Parma...

Payet to St -étienne is good news, he's one hell of a player, and it means that Gomis might move on to a bigger club.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

jonathan de guzman wrote:What's the latest on this xtremely talented kid (Lille's Eden Hazard):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrcPCEJsko

Allegedly FC Barcelona are after him

By the way Lille signed another belgium 15 year old (forgot his name) who is supposed to be the biggest talent Belgium ever had.

There scouting is VERY VERY good.

I haven't heard of either of them TBH - Mirallas is good too.

Their scouting is very good but they only take kids from Northern France or Belgium.

They figure that there will be talented kids in the South etc but they will be homesick.

The ones from the North and Belgium will always settle ok so they are more likely to get the best out of whatever they get.

Indeed. They made the wise choice to be the best at scouting in their target region (in stead of spreading their resources and be average at scouting everywhere). Bit similar to Heerenveen & Scandinavia.

Toure To barca will be done this week according to reports don't know what to make of him, will he be a good buy for us Frenchies?.

Messiah wrote:Toure To barca will be done this week according to reports don't know what to make of him, will he be a good buy for us Frenchies?.

I've said on other threads that he is, on paper, the most complete CM in the game - there doesn't appear to be an attribute that you could want from a footballer that he doesn't have.

However sometimes its better to have specialists than an all-rounder and his absence from the team last season didn't appear to have a negative effect on results.

As well as his skills he would bring some much needed (?) pace, size and strength to the Barca midfield.

He scored an og and got sent off in his last game for ASM !

As you are apart of the Kluivert fan club i will take your word for it.

But to does seem that he would be more of a replacement for deco than the dmen we need.

How much did Juve pay for Tiago?

sheva7 wrote:How much did Juve pay for Tiago?

€15m

€13m + 2 € bonus. Quite sad to see him go, but Bodmer should do well. Tiago is nice chap, he never said or did anything bad about the club. Barcelona could have been a better option IMO, to replace Deco who hasn't been brilliant this year.

Toure will be a hell of a player in a few years. He was not able to show what he was capable because the team was unstable. He also had problems with the first manager. Monaco are doing a big big mistake if they're allowing to go to Barca, but this year they have been really average. If he decides to join Barca he'll be able to discuss about Monaco will several players: Thuram, Marquez, Saviola and Guily. lol

Wow, 15 million is more than I expected for Tiago.

Monaco can have Giuly. But I think he will pick Marseille or Lyon.

I also hope we can convince Aulas to let Abidal go for a max. 15 million. He's asking too much for a left-back, even though Abidal is a fantastic player.

What about the Marseille captain being linked with Newcastle? Any truth in that?

Winger Faubert linked with Ibrox

Rangers are to sign Girondins de Bordeaux winger Julien Faubert for £4.3m, according to L'Equipe.

He would follow striker Jean-Claude Darcheville from the French club to Ibrox should the reported four-year contract be confirmed.

The 23-year-old Faubert, who joined Bordeaux from Cannes in 2004, has been capped twice by France.

He made his debut in August against Bosnia, scoring a last-minute winner to secure a 2-1 victory for the French.

A lack of width has been earmarked as a problem by Rangers manager Walter Smith since he took over from Paul Le Guen during last season.

And the Glasgow club are also reported to be close to signing USA winger DaMarcus Beasley from PSV Eindhoven



Silly Faubert

Faubert is really an idiot, Roma were meant to be in for him .

In other news Julien Sablé has signed for Lens - that's an excellent buy, Roux working his magic.

theflyingfrenchman wrote:Faubert is really an idiot, Roma were meant to be in for him .

In other news Julien Sablé has signed for Lens - that's an excellent buy, Roux working his magic.

A very good high-energy player - I like him.

Akale was a great signing too

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:Faubert is really an idiot, Roma were meant to be in for him .

In other news Julien Sablé has signed for Lens - that's an excellent buy, Roux working his magic.

A very good high-energy player - I like him.

Akale was a great signing too

Personally I'm not a big fan of Akalé, and with Monterrubio already there it seemed pointless.

Apparently this means Monterrubio will leave for Toulouse, which would be a fantastic buy for them. I think he'd deserve a place in the French squad, instead of players living on reputation (Govou, Wiltord).

theflyingfrenchman wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:Faubert is really an idiot, Roma were meant to be in for him .

In other news Julien Sablé has signed for Lens - that's an excellent buy, Roux working his magic.

A very good high-energy player - I like him.

Akale was a great signing too

Personally I'm not a big fan of Akalé, and with Monterrubio already there it seemed pointless.

Apparently this means Monterrubio will leave for Toulouse, which would be a fantastic buy for them. I think he'd deserve a place in the French squad, instead of players living on reputation (Govou, Wiltord).

Akale was great in his last season with Roux though - only Robben and Vicente were better than him that season.

If Monterrubio leaves for Toulouse - what happens to Fode Mansare, the man with the best haircut in football ?

I heard that Lille is interested in signing Mohammed Tchité from Anderlecht and is willing to pay a good deal of money for it (approx 7-10 mil €)

Have there been contacts or is this just speculation because I would really hate to see him leave.

kas wrote:Wow, 15 million is more than I expected for Tiago.

I think he's an absolute steal at 15m Euros, Juventus is displaying some very good moves on the transfer market this summer IMO

ErGaatNietsBovenGroningen wrote:

kas wrote:Wow, 15 million is more than I expected for Tiago.

I think he's an absolute steal at 15m Euros, Juventus is displaying some very good moves on the transfer market this summer IMO

I think he's worth a bit more than 15 in today's crazy hyped market. The reason the management left him for this price is because they were able to get Bodmer for peanuts.

Any news on the Abidal situation in France? In Spain they are saying that we have increased our bid to 12 million, but it will still take 2-3 million more to get him.

Alive and Kicking wrote:

ErGaatNietsBovenGroningen wrote:

kas wrote:Wow, 15 million is more than I expected for Tiago.

I think he's an absolute steal at 15m Euros, Juventus is displaying some very good moves on the transfer market this summer IMO

I think he's worth a bit more than 15 in today's crazy hyped market. The reason the management left him for this price is because they were able to get Bodmer for peanuts.

If Lyon think that Bodmer is a replacement ofr Tiago then they're nuts.

Their system requires a DM a CM and an AM.

IMO:

Diarra = DM
Toulalan = DM/CM
Tiago = CM
Juninho = AM
Kallstrom = AM (poss CM)
Bodmer = AM

I don't know how they make that work - you can't give Bodmer midfielder's responsibilities as you will stifle him.

A lot of people will say he was a DM or Cm before but that's in the past - his position is either:


......dm cm.....

rw......MB.....lw

..........cf..................


or


..........dm.......

....cm..........cm

...........MB.......

........cf.....cf

I don't know which formation we will have next year, but one thing for sure it won't be the same.

With Bodmer and Keita the formation will either be 4-3-3 (or 4-5-1) or 4-4-2. Keita will play on the right or as a CM, whereas Bodmer will have Tiago's role or Juninho's, and that's why they bought him.

Juninho will drop back I think.

Gomis might be moving to Lens.

theflyingfrenchman wrote:Juninho will drop back I think.

Gomis might be moving to Lens.

He would be better at Lens than St Etienne. This latter are looking fragile with all the best players willing to force their way out.

Alive and Kicking wrote:

theflyingfrenchman wrote:Juninho will drop back I think.

Gomis might be moving to Lens.

He would be better at Lens than St Etienne. This latter are looking fragile with all the best players willing to force their way out.

...and Tavlaridis arriving

Toure to Barça is officially confirmed. Will be presented tomorrow. Amount is 11 or 12 million euros.

Julien Faubert from Bordeaux to West Ham...his agent has said it's nearly done.