Ligue 1 to English Premier League: Possible summer connections
With the 2010/11 football season drawing towards a close, many top teams are bracing themselves for heavy investment. A host of English Premier League have shown interest in players who currently ply their trade in differrnt Ligue 1 outfits.
Bettor.com identifies a few of the players who could be moving to English pastures in the upcoming summer transfer window.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sylvain-Marveaux-c34432 (Stade Rennes)
The highly praised winger currently plays at Rennes but unfortunately has had a number of injuries to cope with during his playing career. Consequently, he hasn’t been a regular starter this season for the Red and Blacks but has earned interest form a host
of Premier League clubs regardless, especially from Liverpool.
Marveaux’s contract would expire at the end of this season and he is highly likely to join the Merseysiders on a free transfer. The 25-year-old has been compared to Chelsea’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838 and could provide extra venom to Liverpool in terms of pace and
power. He was previously linked with other top clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea, but it is highly likely that the winger would start the upcoming 2011/12 season in a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809’s shirt.
Since joining Rennes in 2006, the 25-year-old has made 102 Ligue 1 appearances and has 16 goals under his belt to date.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mamadou-Sakho-c23293 (Paris Saint-Germain)
The French International currently plays at Paris Saint-Germain and has been in sublime form this season. The tall defender has been linked with a host of Premier League sides, that include Liverpool, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786. Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich,
are also taking keen interet in the player’s signature.
The French club values the player at 20 million pounds, which could be one of the two hurdles standing in between his transfer. Furthermore, Sakho is unlikely to move to England should PSG manage to qualify for next year’s UEFA Champions League. With just
three games left to be played in the season, PSG are foruth in the league table, a solitry point adrift of third placed Olympique Lyon who occupy the last champions league berth.
The 21-year-old joined Les Parisiens in 2007 and has made 98 League appearances for the club since then. He also has five goals under his belt so far.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Park-Chu-Young-c29137 (AS Monaco)
The South Korean International has had a decent campaign with AS Monaco this season, unlike his team who are staring at relegation. They are 18th in the League table, one point below http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Nancy-c38468 who are the lowest ranked club above the dop zone.
The striker has been closely monitored by Bolton manager, Owen Coyle, and Park could complete a Reebok move this summer. Should the deal go through, the Korean would be joining his team-mate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lee-Chung-Yong-c21873 at Bolton.
The 25-year-old was previously linked with clubs like Chelsea, Liverpool and Fulham but his 6 million pound price tag warded off prospective bidders from making any offers. Park is likely to land at Reebok this summer. Should Monacno get relegated – which
looks increasingly likely – the striker would be available for as low as 2 million pounds, which could spark a bidding war between Liverpool and Chelsea.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Seoul-c39205 man joined AS Monaco in 2008 and has made 85 League appearances since then, scoring 25 goals in the process. His form has been impressive this season as well; the forward has scored 12 goals from 29 appearances.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Lorient-c39153)
The 24-year-old plays for Ligue 1 outfit, FC Lorient, and has enjoyed a decent goal scoring form this season. With his contract due to expire next year, many English Premier League clubs have started showing interest in the striker. Clubs like Arsenal, Tottenham
Hotspur, Newcastle United and Sunderland are believed to gunning for the French International’s signature.
Gameiro has showed almost no interest in signing a new deal with Lorient which specifies his interest of moving to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749. Club officials, meanwhile, have confirmed that they would be ready to sell the striker for anything above 12 million pounds.
The striker joined Monaco from Strasbourg in 2008 and since then, he has made 103 League appearances. He has 48 League goals under his belt to date. The ongoing season has been a prolific one for Gameiro as he has 20 goals from 31 appearances to show for
his efforts.
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