Re: Argentinos in Francia End of the season. Lucho is the best passer of the Ligue 1 with 11 assists. Lisandro is 3rd best scorer. Cavenaghi had an awful season, unfortunately. Cesar Delgado revealed himself as the perfect underdog player. Tino Costa is the big revelation and could move to a big club next year. Personal stats incoming.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Any opinion on Heinze? And Tino Costa is interesting I hadn't heard much of him before.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Heinze had a good season. His leadership qualities were precious to help Marseille win the title. Average/decent as LB, good/very good as CB. He's rated 2nd or 3rd best player of the season by the fans. That's as much a great performance as he was a... PSG legend. No wonder you've never heard of Costa, he began at La Terrazza before moving to the Guadalupe (!) and then the inferior French leagues Considering only league matchs: Diego Placente (Left defender - Bordeaux) 3 matchs Gabriel Heinze (Left or central defender - Marseille) 27m, 4 goals Mauro Cetto (Central back - Toulouse) 16m Renato Civelli (Central back - Nice) 17m, 1g Franco Sebastian Sosa (Right back - Lorient) 29m, 3g, 1 assist Pablo Barzola (Right defender - Caen, L2) 26m, 1g Franco Sanchirico (Defender - Evian-Thonon-Gaillard, L3) 11m Juan Eduardo Eluchans (Offensive midfielder - Caen, L2) 34m, 5g, 2a Lucho Gonzalez (Midfielder - Marseille) 35m, 5g, 12a Alberto Costa (Midfielder - Montpellier) 31m, 7g, 7a Gabriel Peñalba (Midfielder - Lorient) 8m Diego Sebastian Gomez (Offensive midfielder - Tours, L2) 7m Alejandro Alonso (Right midfielder - Monaco) 27m, 2g, 7a Cesar Delgado (Winger - Lyon) 27m, 4g, 3a Augusto Fernandez (Right winger - Saint-Etienne) 12m, 1g, 1a Luis Gonzalo Bustamante (Midfielder - Evian-Thonon-Gaillard, L3) 14m, 1g Sebastian Dubarbier (Supporting forward - Lorient) 12m, 1g Fernando Cavenaghi (Striker - Bordeaux) 20m, 3g, 3a Lisandro Lopez (Forward - Lyon) 33m, 15g, 6a Gonzalo Bergessio (Striker - Saint-Etienne) 31m, 5g, 4a Sanchirico and Bustamante are D3 champions and will play in the Ligue 2 on next season.
Re: Argentinos in Francia I find it kind of funny how hated heinze is by the majority of argentine fans. he's kind of a cult hero at the clubs he plays at. not so much real madrid, but at PSG, Man U, and Marseille they loved him.
Re: Argentinos in Francia They didn' like him that much at ManUtd his last seasons or so. Heinze was one of my favorite players for a long time. I used to defend him constantly on here but after watching some of his performances in the CL towards the end of his stint at ManUtd, especially getting murdered by Kaka, and then watching his last season at Madrid which was beyond bad I couldn't defend him anymore.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Every fan of PSG remembers the left side Heinze-Sorin though it lasted... one year.
Re: Argentinos in Francia They loved him for his first couple of seasons at Man Utd, I think on one ocassion he won the Man Utd supporters player of the season. But then his form started to slip, Evra replaced him and red nose decided to get rid. I suppose we should take some comfort that at least this season he has played more like his old self.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Evra replaced him but I recall him playing CB for a while with Evra on the left because of injuries and he was a disaster. Remember that goal that Kaka scored that Heinze crashed into another ManUtd player? Then towards the end he asked for a transfer to Liverpool and that's when he became dead to them.
Re: Argentinos in Francia at the end of his united career i remember him actually captaining the side a few times and when he came out onto the pitch they all chanted argentina... el gringo is still a decent player... if anything hes a just a very dirty player
Re: Argentinos in Francia Oh yeah, he is a dirty so and so as a player, I don't think I have ever seen him play where he has NOT elbowed one of the opposition.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Juan Eduardo Eluchans, whose contract with Caen has ended, signs at Universidad Catolica.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Alberto Costa leaves Montpellier for Valencia. The transfer fee is about 6,5M euros.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Thanks Catel. He is a skilled player I wonder if he can repeat his consistency he had taking Montpellier close to the CL spot's. He's really come under the radar. Any chance Cavenaghi could leave Bordeaux ? I really think had he played this season he could have secured a big move to La Liga or serie A. He is class.
Re: Argentinos in Francia He wants to stay at Bordeaux and extend his contract (which ends in 2011). Managers are still unsure about him. Udinese keeps an eye open. He could be useful again as Yohan Gourcuff should leave.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Udinese could be a nice spot for him to get a spot to impinge upon the seleccion for us. He seems to have been forgotten by everyone in the NT selection at Bordeaux due to his lack of playing time this season. And by the way thank you very much Catel for all of your information regarding Argentine players in Ligue Une. It's greatly appreciated mon ami.
Re: Argentinos in Francia You're welcome But with Tevez, Aguero, Milito, Higuain and Lisandro, I'm not sure there would even still be a spot in the Seleccion for Cavenaghi. I just hope he scores again because every fan of Bordeaux loves San Fernando.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Augusto Fernandez who was loaned this year to Saint-Etienne by River has been sold to Velez.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Today the Marseille of Lucho Gonzalez and Heinze play for the Trophée des Champions against PSG, in Tunis. In Argentina the match will be televised by ESPN, which i have no idea which ESPN it is in North America, if it exists(By the way, it's plain "ESPN" not the argentine based "ESPN+"). The match will begin at 3:30pm time of Argentina.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Lucas Mareque (Independiente) still followed by Lorient but would prefer Spain or England.
Re: Argentinos in Francia Franco Sanchirico and Luis Bustamante will not play in the French Ligue 2. They both left Evian-Thonon-Gaillard for an unknown horizon.
Transfers are over. Gabriel Heinze (Left or central defender - Marseille) Mauro Cetto (Central back - Toulouse) Renato Civelli (Central back - Nice) Franco Sebastian Sosa (Right back - Lorient) Pablo Barzola (Right defender - Caen, L2) Lucho Gonzalez (Midfielder - Marseille) Diego Sebastian Gomez (Offensive midfielder - Monluçon, L5) Alejandro Alonso (Right midfielder - Monaco) Cesar Delgado (Winger - Lyon) Sebastian Dubarbier (Supporting forward - Lorient) Lisandro Lopez (Forward - Lyon) Gonzalo Bergessio (Striker - Saint-Etienne) In //// Out Alberto Costa (Midfielder - Montpellier) > Valencia Franco Sanchirico (Defender - Evian-Thonon-Gaillard, L3) > free Luis Gonzalo Bustamante (Midfielder - Evian-Thonon-Gaillard, L3) > free Gabriel Peñalba (Midfielder - Lorient) > Estudiantes (loan) Diego Placente (Left defender - Bordeaux) > San Lorenzo Juan Eduardo Eluchans (Offensive midfielder - Caen, L2) > Universidad Catolica Augusto Fernandez (Right winger - Saint-Etienne) > Velez Sarsfield (back from loan) Fernando Cavenaghi (Striker - Bordeaux) > Mallorca
Mauro Formica should sign for AS Monaco in the next hours. Let's hope he does better than most of the Argentinians still playing in France-- it's hard to admit that it's a bad season for them.