View Full Version : Lille are the most active in the transfer window so far
SportBoy333
26 Jan 2004, 02:18 PM
They seem to be doing a real good job of getting good players who are out of favor with big clubs. So far they got
Youssef Sofiane- West Ham United
Efstathios Tavlaridis-Arsenal
Mabula Lukunku-Galatasary
Milenko Acimovic-Tottenham Hotspur
Looks like a pretty good effort, better than any other French club so far.
panicfc
27 Jan 2004, 10:14 AM
Did Rennes add anyone besides Kallstrom?
gary_rb
27 Jan 2004, 10:41 AM
nope, but the young players from rennes formation centre are getting more and more playtime
like jimmy briand, arnold m'vuemba, yoann gourcuff.
some other of them are now more or less always titular, like jacques faty, etienne didot, stephane n'guema..
most of them are future stars
panicfc
27 Jan 2004, 03:32 PM
Originally posted by gary_rb
nope, but the young players from rennes formation centre are getting more and more playtime
like jimmy briand, arnold m'vuemba, yoann gourcuff.
some other of them are now more or less always titular, like jacques faty, etienne didot, stephane n'guema..
most of them are future stars
Will they be able to keep them long term?
gary_rb
27 Jan 2004, 05:12 PM
it will be hard for some of them, especially yoann gourcuff and jacques faty
jimmy briand him is compared to thierry henry (i think he has scored more than henry did when he was his age) but he still needs to play more with the pros. i haven't heard of a team which follows him yet. but there must me some.
the other players will probably stay with the club 2 or 3 years at least, and more if the club manages to get to the top :P
rennes formation centre isn't old (first star was wiltord), and it's now the #2nd (nantes's 1st, auxerre's 3rd)
panicfc
28 Jan 2004, 10:24 AM
Sounds like they are doing it right.
Already #2 - that's high cotton.
What about their GK, isn't he going to Chelski?
gary_rb
28 Jan 2004, 01:00 PM
he's going in july, but we still don't know how much the transfer fee will be. rennes made a last proposition and are waiting for an answer at the end of the week (10 days ago it was around 12.5M euro, so it should be more now)
panicfc
28 Jan 2004, 02:02 PM
Originally posted by gary_rb
he's going in july, but we still don't know how much the transfer fee will be. rennes made a last proposition and are waiting for an answer at the end of the week (10 days ago it was around 12.5M euro, so it should be more now)
That's a big chunk of money. They should be able to load up and make a run at Europe.