The G-O-U Connection
By: Corey | June 24th, 2008So it may seem like a stretch here, but with the signing of Yoann Gouffran from Caen and the loan of Yohann Gourcuff from AC Milan, Bordeuax will look to prosper from the GOU connection. Of course Gouffran is a forward/winger and Gourcuff is a central midfielder, but the two signings look to have put Bordeuax back into the frame for the title even after all the high profile players Lyon signed so far.
Considering he is a vastly experienced u-21 player, with 22 caps, and he played so well in Ligue 1 and 2 for the past three seasons, many had tiped him to move to Arsenal, with there being widespread reports he had even had a pre-contract agreement in place. But he has joined Laurent Blanc at Bordeaux, where he will get to play with u-21 France team mates Gourcuff and Gabriel Obertan in their Champions League adventure.
With another important signing, the scope is on Marseille now, who are looking to conclude the signings of Kim from Nancy and Baki Kone from Nice to improve their attack, although they look certain to loos Samir Nasri to Arsenal and Djibril Cisse to some bottom feeder Premier League team. On a side note, Le Mans continue to dismantle, this time selling Romaric to Sevilla for around 6 million euros. Whether a few more players will move over to Lille and ex-coach Rudi Garcia still remains to be seen.
The transfer market is beginning to pick up pace in France, and I cant wait to see what the next round of activity will be!
Category: France Ligue 1
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It is my wish that all three French clubs this year make it to the round of 16 of the champions League. And Nancy, Saint-Etienne, PSG clear the group stages. And ofcourse Lyon go to atleast the semi-finals. This would contribute well to the French co-efficient.
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Seriously, our coefficient is in real danger. Monaco’s 2004 result will not be counted for next year’s seeding, and Lyon can’t carry France on their own.
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A few years ago we were close to Italian coefficient (due to their poor performance) but in last two seasons French clubs just sucked in Europe. That’s why I pray every season that clubs like Le-Mans or Nancy don’t qualify for Europe. But I will give my support to Nancy as they do deserve a place in UEFA cup from France. Clubs like Marseille, PSG, Monaco can go far enough to maintain a good co-efficient for France. But Rennes, Sochaux, Toulouse who are one season wonders and have less experience as a club in European competitions just make a mess of it.
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Well poor Toulouse faced Liverpool. That certainly didn’t play in their favor.
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I didn’t expect them doing good against Liverpool but what happened in the uefa cup?
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By that time, Toulouse were in a serious slide down the table. Every game they played was bad.
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The coefficients thing I wouldnt worry about as Platini is cleverly figuring out just how he can get French football back to the top.
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But by the time some solution comes up we have to rely on coefficients. I was also wondering why are French clubs taxed so heavily, are no allowed to borrow?
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Aditya, I think partly because taxes are high for many things in France.
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I believe France will stay in the 3 CL clubs zone, but I think that something needs to improve really quickly if Ligue 1 wants to hold on to 4th place on the coefficient list. I think that Russia is a force to be reckoned with, it’s only a matter of time before they climb to position 4, and leave Germany and France way behind them. I know you’ll laugh, but the Russians took two UEFA cups in the last four seasons, and their clubs are getting stronger and stronger - amount of money invested in Russian football iz amazing! CSKA Moscow is a relatively well known team, but the emergence of Zenit astonished everyone, but hey, not everyone! I remember when Zenit declared their ambition to become one of the top European clubs, and with the help of gas giants Gazprom, they immidiately started building their squad for big European adventures. They won the UEFA cup, now they are preparing for the CL. If all the Russian giants continue like this, footballing map of Europe will change enormously. So yes, France’s coefficient is in great danger, and it’s getting bigger and bigger. I really hope Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille do something nice in the CL, and that Nancy, St. Etienne and PSG won’t embarass themselves like Lens, Toulouse, Sochaux and Rennes did last year. If this season proves to be an another dissapointment, then it would be a devastating blow to French football in general.
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The one thing French football lacks is footballing hierarchy . Anyone qualifies for Europe. In a way it is good that everyone gets some money. But for success in Europe we need a top cream of clubs who play very regularly in Europe. Almost every country except for France and kind of Germany has that.
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Rumor has it Bordeuax will rap up the signing of Tolouse left back Jeremy Mathietu shortly. Continuing to build a competitive squad while Lyon and Marseille squabble over Ben Arfa.
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Bordeaux have done great work in the transfer window behind all the drama that OL and OM are doing.
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can’t french business men invest in football clubs. like what the russian billionaire at chelsea is doing .
their must be french billionairre who can afford this
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Gaston- French business do invest in French football clubs. Bordeuax and Lyon are perfect examples. But because of the outrageous tax structure which fuels the liberal regiem of France, money is not thrown around like in England, also because there is heavy regulation. England is a free for all for football clubs, which is why you saw so many English teams become insolvent recently. You will never see a French team go bankrupt.
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