Barthez back in business

By: Sam | December 17th, 2006

   

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As previously mentionned, retired goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has evoked an eventual return to Ligue 1. And here he is!

On the French television show Téléfoot this weekend, FC Nantes-Atlantique president Rudi Roussilon and Barthez himself announced the signing of the legendary Bleu for a period of 18 months, accompanied by the mandatory “happy-opportunity-club-hope-season-I’ll do my best-thank you” gibberish speech.

Having not trained for a little while, we probably won’t see Mr. Clean until the new year. But Nantes are happy to have the 1998 world champion on their side.

Category: France Ligue 1, Player News, Team News, Transfers and Player Movement

   

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• Laurie |  December 17th, 2006 at 6:42 pm

  
  
  

  You only beat me to this because I have a fifty-foot tree on my house and no power (and consequently no [or extremely limited] computer access.) But this is good news. I LOVE Barthez, eccentricities and all. (But he still totally looks like hell. This has not been a good year for our Fabien.) Let’s hope 2007n is better.

  

• Laurie |  December 17th, 2006 at 6:43 pm

  
  
  

  Oh, do you have a link to a video of the press conference you’d be willing to share?

  

• Cham |  December 17th, 2006 at 7:22 pm

  
  
  

  God, I love this guy’s head.