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Separated at Birth? Habib Beye and Boy Waterman Look Scarily Similar
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Marseille defender Habib Beye of Senegal, and AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Boy Waterman of the Netherlands. Whoa.
Tags: AZ Alkmaar, Boy Waterman, France Ligue 1, Habib Beye, Marseille (OM), Netherlands, Player News, U-21 EuroBordeaux Wants 15 mil for Faubert, Sam Laughs Heartily
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Okay, listen up. First of all, everyone knows Julien Faubert is on his way out of Bordeaux, everyone also knows he wants to try something abroad. What’s more is that everyone having an IQ of over 12 will not pay 15 million euros for the 23-year old attacking midfielder. Glasgow Rangers, among the clubs keen [...]
Sablé turns around and signs with Lens, Valdo could be an OM player right now, Mendy headed to Parma?
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First off, the big one. After making it crystal-clear that he loved Marseille, that he was coming to Marseille, that all parties had found an agreement, Julien Sablé has officially unveiled his other face and signed with Racing Club de Lens. Monetary terms and contract length have not yet been disclosed. Am I the only [...]
Read all about it: Marseille finally wake the hell up and sign some delicious defending
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Weeks of laborious persuading and bartering have paid off for Olympique de Marseille, as they announced the imminent arrivals of three very respectful players, those being Benoît Cheyrou, Gaël Givet, and Laurent Bonnart.
weeks after signing upstarts Jacques Faty and Vincent Gragnic, the big trio (Pape Diouf, José Anigo, Albert Emon) lured the newest trio [...]
(Inhale…) Giuly! Sablé! Queudrue! Payet! Ziani! Runje! Malouda! Cheyrou! Koller! Sagna! Rozenhal! Givet!
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A particularly mouth-watering few days on the transfer front these past days, and Ligue 1 are doing their part in keeping the rumours going. Here’s a quick rundown of all that crazy nonsense, chiefly involving the currently-dormant Olympique de Marseille, still needing reinforcements for their Champions League campaign, and to a lesser extent, Intertoto-bound Lens, [...]
Category: Auxerre (AJA), France Ligue 1, Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Monaco (ASMFC), Paris (PSG), Player News, Saint-Étienne (ASSE), Sochaux (FCSM), Team News, Transfers and Player Movement Tags: Auxerre (AJA), Barcelona, Chelsea, Florent Malouda, France Ligue 1, Lens (RCL), Ludovic Giuly, Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Monaco (ASMFC), Nantes (FCNA), Newcastle, Paris (PSG), Player News, Saint-Étienne (ASSE), Sochaux (FCSM), Team News, Transfers and Player MovementDhorasoo Blunders Once Again, Cissé Could Be Staying Put, Lille Start Rebuilding
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If one of you is planning a party, be sure not to invite Vikash Dhorasoo. The bitchy little midfielder, rumoured to be joining Sochaux after loafing around clubless since being sacked by PSG earlier in the season, will not be part of the UEFA Cup-bound side. FCSM president Jean-Claude Plessis told the media that they [...]
Attention French Clubs Playing in Europe next Year: This is who you Need
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The three top finishers are going to the Champions League, the fourth is going to the UEFA Cup, the fifth to the Intertoto Cup, and sixth and seventh, who are conveniently the cup winners, finished just outside the Europe-bound top 5 and are also heading to the UEFA Cup. Here, I have taken all these [...]
The France Offside is not Dead
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I’m awful sorry for not posting for over a week, folks, it’s a bit frantic behind my steering wheel these days. Between gearing up for final exams, cheering on Canada at the Gold Cup and having Internet problems, I try to post meaningful stuff as often as I can (well, maybe not entirely as often [...]
OFFICIAL: Franck Ribéry departs from Marseille, Champions League
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This ain’t a rumour no more, folks, it’s quite true. Midfielder Franck Ribéry has left club and country to pursue a new adventure with Bayern Munich in Germany. Note that this is his seventh new adventure in as many years. And for a guy who was dying to play in the Champions League for the [...]
Goals of the season: 1) Ilan, Saint-Étienne
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February 25, 2007.
Parc des Princes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
44th minute, vs PSG.
Brazilian midfielder Araujo Ilan scored the second goal for ASSE that night late in the first half, his ninth of the season. Pascal Feindouno streaked down the left side and delivered a cross to striker Batéfimbi Gomis. The latter man touched the ball perfectly back to Ilan, [...]
Tags: Araujo Ilan, France Ligue 1, Goal of the year, Highlight Videos, Mickaël Landreau, Parc des Princes, Paris (PSG), Pascal Feindouno, Saint-Étienne (ASSE)
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