French Ligue 1 special – Players who have left the Ligue 1 this summer
Following the transfer of Bosnian international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miralem-Pjanic-c25984 to Italian Serie A side AS Roma, the French Ligue 1 has lost yet another exciting talent to a big European club.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032. Mevlut Erdinc of Paris Saint-Germain was linked with a move away from Parc des Princes but the Turkish international chose not to leave France.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809.
Bettor.com takes a look at some of the players who have left the French Ligue 1 for another European League.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yohan-Cabaye-c37423
(From LOSC Lille to Newcastle United)
The 25-year-old Frenchman was one of the star performers of the Lille side that won the Championelle and the Coupe de La Ligue last season. After spending all of his professional career with Les Dogues, the Frenchman left the north of France for Newcastle
this summer. The midfielder has penned a five-year deal with the Toons and is proving to be a fine acquisition.
Gervinho
(From LOSC Lille to Newcastle United)
The Ivory Coast international was one of the most exciting players in the 2010/2011 Ligue 1 campaign, and along with Belgian international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eden-Hazard-c11863, the 24-year-old was one of the star players of a Lille side that won the Ligue 1 title after almost five
decades.
Blessed with pace and great control, the former Le Mans man was under the radar of English Premier League side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 FC for a long time. However, Gunners’ manager Arsene Wenger took his time in splashing the cash for the winger and has definitely unearthed
a gem in the form of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755.
Miralem Pjanic
(From Olympique Lyonnais to AS Roma)
Regarded as one of the most under-rated players at Lyon, Bosnian international Miralem Pjanic has been one of the most consistent performers for Les Gones since joining the Rhone giants from Metz.
Following the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416 last summer, Pjanic was relegated to a peripheral role but whenever the 21-year-old was called into action, he never disappointed.
Following the appointment of Remi Garde as the club’s new coach, it was widely thought that the young midfielder would stay at Stade Gerland. However all this changed when Italian Serie A giants AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 came calling and paid Lyon 11.5 million Euros for the
services of the highly-talented midfielder.
Though Lyon would be happy to have found some extra cash, there’s no denying the fact that Ligue 1 has once again lost a player who had a lot of talent but was never really appreciated during his time at the Rhone province.
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