FIFA Lets Ligue 1 Extend Transfer Window
By: Julien | July 11th, 2008
Potential FIFA controversy? Ligue 1 reached an agreement with FIFA to extend the mercato to August 31st from the original August 17th. It is a two week extension.
Kevin Mirallas was selected for Belgium’s Olympic squad. Lille will have to let him play in the Olympics because of Sepp Blatter’s ruling:
“The freeing of under 23 players is still obligatory for all clubs. For the 2008 Pekin Olympic Games the same principle applies.”
Make Belgium proud Mirallas! Allez Mirallas! Hup Mirallas!
Mercato365.fr reports that Carlos Tenorio’s chances of transferring to Lille are slim. He is too expensive for LOSC’s and Nice’s budgets. AS Monaco is supposedly the only club that can afford him. AZ Alkmaar also has joined the bargaining.
Lillois midfielder Ludovic Obraniak extended his contract through 2011. He played 35 matches last season. Good news! He plays really well in the midfield.
Today Lille plays a friendly against Stade de Reims at Camphin-en-Pévèle. The match will be a “close doors” match for security reasons. Les Dogues won their first friendly against Cherbourg 2-0.
Vedran Runje was supposed to be a replacement for Tony Sylva. The Lens keeper does not plan on leaving the club to return to Ligue 1. RC Lens was relegated to Ligue 2 last season. After finishing 18th in the table. Although I am still glad to see our rivals relegated, I will miss playing against them next season.
Lille has stopped seeking to sign Yacine Chikhaoui. The Tunisian international does not interest Rudi Garcia like he did Claude Puel. Samuel Robail wants to leave Lille for AC Ajaccio. He may be looking to leave for more playing time. Robail only played one match last season.
Lille’s new ball will be made form Uhlsport since our new outfitter Canterbury only specializes in rugby. Airness used to supply LOSC with kits and footballs.
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Tags: Airness, AS Monaco, AZ Alkmaar, Belgium, Canterbury, Chikhaoui, FIFA, Lens, LOSC Jerseys, Matches, Mirallas, Nice, Obraniak, Reims, Runje, Team News, Tenorio, TransfersSubscribe
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Wasn’t the transfer window already till August 31st?
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No. Here is a link:
http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2008/20080710_181405_fin-des-transferts-le-31-aout_Dev.html
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Apparently, France started their transfer season two weeks before everybody else, so FIFA punished them by making their transfer window end two weeks earlier. But I guess the LFP’s appeal went through.
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Julien, what were the security issues that caused the match to take place behind closed doors?
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Once Domenech leaves and “any” coach comes in, then Obraniak can start getting capped.
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Greg- I am pretty sure that Lille just wanted to play away from the press.
Jao- I still am infuriated at the FFF’s stupidity. Why is that guy still heading France?!Posted from
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