French Ligue 1 special - The most shocking summer transfers in Ligue 1
By signing England International Joe Cole on loan from English Premier League giants Liverpool FC, reigning French Ligue 1 champions LOSC Lille have pulled off one of the most shocking transfers of this summer.
Bettor.com takes a look at some of the Ligue 1 transfers that were definitely not what many people had expected.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Cole-c18694
(From Liverpool to LOSC Lille on loan)
29-year-old Joes Cole was once touted as the future of England when he joined English giants Chelsea from West Ham United in the summer of 2003. however, after making a bright start to life at Stamford Bridge, the influential midfielder never rose to his
full potential and started fading away and found first-team opportunities hard to come by.
Last summer, the Englishman was released by Chelsea along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Ballack-c25270 and the then Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson signed the midfielder.
However, Cole’s move to Liverpool turned out to be a nightmare as the attacking midfielder failed to settle down at the club following the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as the club’s new manager in the middle of the 2010/2011 campaign.
Lille pulled off a major coup by signing the midfielder. In a surprising move, the Englishman has agreed to play for Lille for one season during which the former West Ham man will have a chance to feature in the Champions League.
Though the jury is still out on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international, the recent move to the north of France could be the one that pays off for both Lille and a player who is now looking to resurrect his career that has been spiraling down for the past two seasons.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Poulsen-c9114
(From Liverpool to Evian TG)
The Danish international joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 from Italian Serie A giants Juventus last summer and just like Joes Cole, turned out to be another failed signing of the Roy Hodgson era as Liverpool manager that lasted only few months.
The 31-year-old midfielder had successful stints with Bundesliga side Schalke 04 and La Liga side Seville FC where he won the UEFA Cup twice. However, a move to Anfield never paid off as Poulsen was relegated to the bench half way through the 2010/2011 English
Premier League season.
In a surprising turn of events, newly-promoted Ligue 1 side Evian TG announced the signing of the Dane. The Dane’s experience would come in really handy for the Thonon-Gaillard-based club.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Pastore-c18082
(From Palermo to Paris Saint-Germain)
The noveau riche of European football, Paris Saint-Germain were probably the most active French side in terms of their activity in the transfer market. For months, English Premier League giants Chelsea had been keeping tabs on Argentine international
Javier Pastore. The former Huracan man was the most in-demand players in the transfer window.
With sporting director http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 found it hard to compete with PSG to beat off competition in order to sign Pastore. Les Parisiens paid 42 million Euros to Serie A
side Palermo for Pastore and announced their arrival as one of the strongest players in the transfer market in future.
The influential playmaker has seen a great start to life in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 and a lot can be expected of the 21-year-old who surely has a great future ahead of him.
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