LOSC Official Presentation! New Jerseys Unveiled!

LOSC’s official presentation was yesterday at Stadium Nord. Around 3,000 supporters came to witness the unveiling of the new jerseys. They were designed by Canterbury. What do you think? Richard’s comment yesterday said the third jersey looks a little like Borussia Dortmund. For those that don’t know, it is colored that way because of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region’s Coat of Arms:

It is based on the Flanders (La Flandre in French, Vlaanderen in Dutch) flag:

Awhile ago northern France was part of the Low Countries, which also included present day Belgium and Netherlands. That is why many northern French cities/towns have a French and Dutch name (Lille is Riijsel in Dutch and my family’s town, Douai, is Dowaii). Our culture still has some Dutch influence. A few nordistes/ch’tis (French northerners) are even French separatists that want to be a part of a unified Netherlands. The Dutch culture is pretty strong in northern France. My dad jokes that we aren’t even really French, but Belgian.

It looks like Olympique Lyonnais have chosen John Mensah over our defender Adil Rami. According to Football365, Mensah is going to sign a 4 year contract with Lyon worth 8 million euros.

Footlille says that their may still be a chance for Lille to sign Sébastien Puygrenier. I disagree, since LOSC leaders think he is too expensive. ASSE seems to think so as well. They aren’t even ready to hand over approx. 5 million euros to Nancy.

Nicolas Fauvergue says that Lille is reaching their top level of play:
“We are working very well. We had a tough week that helped us to progress physically. Already against Calais we were better.”

Grenoble wants Larsen Touré to come back. He was loaned to the club last season. There were rumors that the Isérois would sign him. They might just want to have him on loan again.

Category: LOSC Jerseys, Team News, Transfers

Tags: Fauvergue, Grenoble, LOSC Jerseys, Mensah, Olympique Lyonnais, Presentation, Puygrenier, Rami, Team News, Touré, Transfers

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