In a bid to find a future replacement for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 currently under contract at FC Basel
While waiting to see what really happens in the future regarding the case of striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Moussa-Sow-c26939, reigning Ligue 1 champions LOSC Lille are keenly monitoring the progress of Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri.
Lille are under the risk of losing a few players in the midfield. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ludovic-Obraniak-c22623 has already indicated of his desire to leave Les Dogues in order to get some game time. Aurelien Chedjou has also been linked with a move away from the
side while Eden Hazard is expected to depart Stade Villeneuve d’Ascq by the end of the current campaign.
The departures would certainly weaken the squad considerably and coach Rudi Garcia is now keen on bringing in a few replacements.
Reports now claim that the Lille directors and scouts are monitoring Xherdan Shaqiri. The 20-year-old midfielder is currently under contract at Swiss side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Basel-c39079 where he has made a great start to the new campaign. Furthermore, the youngster’s performances
in UEFA Champions League especially the memorable win over Manchester United have caught the eye of many clubs.
L’Equipe and Nord Eclair claims that Les Dogues have monitored the midfielder on several occassions. However, things might be complicated for Lille. First of all, the Swiss giants are in the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League where they will face Bayern
Munich. The Swiss giants will certainly not let go of their prized asset for anything less than 12 million Euros.
Moreover, the likes of Bayern Munich, Manchester United, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603, Tottenham, Atletico Madrid and Malaga are also keen on signing the player which means that Lille will have to work extremely hard in order to sign the player of Albanian descent.
The left-footed player has also indicated his desire of pursuing a career in the German Bundesliga which means that Lille might find it hard to bring the player to the North of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899.
However, Lille did manager to sign http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Cole-c18694 in the nigh hours of the summer transfer window last year so nothing can be ruled out for now.
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