List of French football transfers 2008

French football transfers by club 2008/2009 (winter/summer)

Auxerre

In: (Winter)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   MKD Robert Popov (from Litex Lovech) In: (Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Jérémy Berthod (from AS Monaco)

Out: (Winter)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player Out: (Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FRA Ludovic Genest (on loan to SC Bastia)

Bordeaux

In:(Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FRA Yoan Gouffran (from SM Caen)€6.5m — MF   FRA Yoann Gourcuff (on loan from Milan)

Out:(Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Caen

In:(Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ARG Pablo Barzola (from Argentinos Juniors)

Out:(Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FRA Yoan Gouffran (to FC Bordeaux)€6.5m — GK   FRA Benoît Costil (on loan to Vannes OC)

Grenoble Foot

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   CZE Zoran Rendulić (from FK Borac Čačak)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

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Le Havre

In:(Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FRA Nicolas Dieuze (from Toulouse)

Out:(Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Le Mans

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   BRA Geder (from Spartak Moscow) — MF   BEN Khaled Adénon (from ASEC Abidjan) — MF   TUN Saber Ben Frej (from Étoile Sahel) — FW   FRA Anthony Le Tallec (from Liverpool)£1.1m — MF   NOR Fredrik Stromstad (from IK Start) — FW   NOR Thorstein Helstad (from SK Brann)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   JPN Daisuke Matsui (to Saint-Étienne) — MF   CIV Romaric (to Sevilla)€8m — MF   FRA Hassan Yebda (to Benfica)

Lille

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Rio Antonio Mavuba (on loan from Villarreal) — FW   FRA Pierre-Alain Frau (from PSG) — MF   SWE Emil Lyng (from AGF) — FW   COD Cedric Baseya (free from Southampton)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CMR Jean Makoun (to Lyon)€14m

Lorient

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Morgan Amalfitano (from CS Sedan) — GK   FRA Alban Joinel (from Carqefou) — MF   FRA Antoine Buron (from Amiens) — FW   FRA Kevin Gameiro (from RC Strasbourg)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Lyon

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CMR Jean Makoun (from Lille)€14m — GK   FRA Hugo Lloris (from Nice)€8.5m — MF   BRA Ederson (from Nice)€15m — DF   FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong (from Juventus) — MF   ESP Marc Crosas (on loan from Barcelona) — DF   GHA John Mensah (from Stade Rennais F.C.)€8.4m — FW   ARG César Delgado (from Cruz Azul)€11m — FW   CZE Milan Baroš (loan return from Portsmouth)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   FRA Loïc Rémy (to Nice) — GK   FRA Grégory Coupet (to Atlético Madrid)€1.5m — MF   FRA Hatem Ben Arfa (to Marseille)£9.5m — DF   FRA Sébastien Squillaci (to Sevilla)£5m — FW   CZE Milan Baroš (to Galatasaray)€5.5m

Marseille

In:

Summer 08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Rudy Riou (from Toulouse) — DF   MAR Amin Erbati (from Raja Casablanca) — DF   BRA Hilton (from RC Lens) — DF   JAM Tyrone Mears (on loan from Derby County) — MF   FRA Hatem Ben Arfa (from Lyon)£9.5m — FW   COD Elliot Grandin (from SM Caen) — FW   CIV Bakari Koné (from OGC Nice) — FW   FRA Mamadou Samassa (from Le Mans)

Winter 08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   BRA Brandão (from Shakhtar Donetsk) — FW   FRA Sylvain Wiltord (from Rennes)

Out:

Summer 08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Cedric Carrasso (to Toulouse) — GK   FRA Sébastien Hamel (to Toulouse) — MF   FRA Samir Nasri (to Arsenal)€16m — FW   FRA Djibril Cissé (on loan to Sunderland)

Winter 08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

AS Monaco

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CRO Nikola Pokrivac (from Dinamo Zagreb) — MF   ARG Sergio Bernardo Almiron (on loan from Juventus) — MF   USA Freddy Adu (on loan from Benfica) — MF   CIV Jean-Jacques Gosso (from F.C. Ashdod) — MF   NGA Sani Kaita (from Sparta Rotterdam) — FW   KOR Park Chu-Young (from FC Seoul) — DF   SUI Patrick Müller (from Olympique Lyonnais)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Jérémy Berthod (to AJ Auxerre) — MF   FRA Malaury Martin (on loan to Nîmes Olympique) — MF   FRA Nenê (on loan to RCD Espanyol)

Nancy

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Jean Calvé (from Le Mans) — DF   COD Joël Sami (from Amiens) — MF   MAR Abdeslam Ouaddou (from Valenciennes)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player

Nantes

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Djamel Abdoun (from AC Ajaccio) — GK   FRA Jérôme Alonzo (free from PSG) — DF   FRA Eric Cubilier (loan return from FC Metz) — MF   FRA Sylvio Rodelin (from Rodez AF) — DF   FRA Ibrahim Tall (from Heart of Midlothian F.C.) 12 FW   SRB Filip Đorđević (from Red Star Belgrade) — DF   BRA Douglão (from Sport Club Internacional) — DF   DEN Michael Gravgaard (from FC Copenhagen)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ARG Mauro Cetto (to Toulouse FC) — DF   MAD Faneva Ima Andriantsima (loan to US Boulogne) — DF   FRA Youssef Sekour (free transfer to CS Sedan) — DF   FRA Olivier Thomas (Released) — MF   MAD Paulin Voavy (loan to US Boulogne) — MF   GNB Bocundji Cá (to Tours FC)

Nice

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Gérald Cid (from Bolton Wanderers) — MF   CIV Kafoumba Coulibaly (from Bastia) — MF   CIV Emerse Fae (on loan from Reading) — FW   TUN Chaouki Ben Saada (from Bastia) — MF   FRA Loïc Remy (from Lyon)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Hugo Lloris (to Lyon)€8.5m — MF   BRA Ederson (to Lyon)€15m

PSG

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   FRA Ludovic Giuly (from Roma) — MF   FRA Claude Makélélé (from Chelsea)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Bernard Mendy (free to Hull City) — MF   FRA Didier Digard (to Middlesbrough)€5m — FW   FRA David Ngog (to Liverpool)£1.5m

Rennes

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   USA Carlos Bocanegra (free from Fulham) — DF   MLI Djimi Traoré (on loan from Portsmouth) — FW   GHA Asamoah Gyan (from Udinese)€8m

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Benjamin Levacher (to La Vitréenne FC) — GK   FRA Gabriel Trinquart (to Tour d'Auvergne Rennes) — DF   FRA Romuald Marie (to AS Cannes) — DF   FRA Fabian Medeiros (to Troyes AC) — DF   GHA John Mensah (to Lyon)€8.4m — DF   FRA Giovanni Oliveri (to Grenoble Foot 38) — DF   BEN Achille Rouga (released) — MF   FRA Etienne Didot (to FC Toulouse)€3m — MF   FRA Guillaume Heinry (to La Vitréenne FC) — MF   FRA Mathieu Le Roux (to Vannes OC) — MF   FRA Vincent Mesquita (to Troyes AC) — MF   FRA Kévin Salabiaku (to AS Saint-Étienne) — FW   GUI Mohamed Jallow (released)

Sochaux

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   CIV Kandia Traoré (from Al Nasr)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   FRA Jeremie Brechet (free to PSV)

Saint-Étienne

In: Summer 08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   JPN Daisuke Matsui (from Le Mans) — MF   POR Paulo Machado (on loan from Porto)

Out: Summer 08Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   COL Freddy Guarin (to Porto)

Toulouse

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Cedric Carrasso (from Marseille) — DF   BRA Eduardo Ratinho (on loan from Corinthians) — MF   FRA Etienne Didot (from Rennes)€3m — MF   NOR Daniel Braaten (from Bolton Wanderers)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CMR Achille Emaná (to Real Betis)£5.5m — FW   SWE Johan Elmander (to Bolton)£8.2m

Valenciennes

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   FRA Jean-Louis Leca (from SC Bastia) — MF   FRA Gael Danic (from Rennes) — FW   SVK Filip Sebo (from Rangers)£1m

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   MAR Abdeslam Ouaddou (to AS Nancy) — FW   FRA Steve Savidan (to SM Caen)