The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.08.17)

By: Sam | August 17th, 2007

Breaking into the burning house of news and rumours, the valiant firefighter rallied his squad. “We’ve got to get in there and salvage every single bit of Ligue 1 info we can!” With that, the brave crew rushed in to do just that. These quick fixes about Sylvain Wiltord, Matt Moussilou, Kim Kallstrom, Luigi Pieroni and others are all they found.

+God, man. Sylvain Wiltord again. What’s more, this time it’s sure to be finalized (editor’s note: yeah right). Sources “very close” to Stade Rennais leaked the Breton newspaper Ouest-France that the deal could be done in the next 24 hours, that an agreement had nearly been found with Lyon.

+ This one’s a bit old, but here it is anyway: With their variety of African players heading to the Cup of Nations later this year, and Mamadou Niang injured, Marseille went ahead and gambled on Matt Moussilou, renowned around the league for not being the best in the league. Having played with Lille, Saint-Étienne and Nice in the past two years, he’s on loan to OM for one year. Three cheers for stability!

+ Kimmy Kallström’s unhappy outburst against the refereeing crew during Lyon’s match against Toulouse last weekend has earned him a one-game suspension. For those who aren’t familiar with the incident, the Swede was elbowed in the face, and despite the fact that blood was drawn, no foul was called. A tad beside himself, he began to yell passionately at the fourth official and spat in his direction. That’s when he was sent off.

+ Luigi Pieroni hates Nantes! After a fairly unsuccesful spell of fourteen games with the then-Ligue 1 club, the Belgian international wants out. His potential landing spots: Lens, or his first one, Standard de Liège.

+A door closes, a window opens. Nantes are very close to signing the Brazilio-Tunisian Francileudo Santos, relegated to Toulouse’s bench in favour of Johan Elmander.

+ Lyon still hasn’t decided who they want to replace Greg Coupet while he’s injured. Apparently, they’ve been looking at Frédéric Roux, Bordeaux’s 33-year old moocher who is training with them until someone calls. Bernard Lacombe himself said that he may be the one they’re looking for. If you ask me, the answer will be “What the hell? Roux was hardly ever a dominant goalkeeper in the league, and spent last season with Ajaccio. Just throw him in there in the Champions League, why don’t you.