List of French football transfers 2008

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. Position Player DF 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. Position Player DF 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. Position Player

Out: (Summer) Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW 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. Position Player FW Yoan Gouffran (from SM Caen) €6.5m MF 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. Position 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. Position Player DF 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. Position Player FW Yoan Gouffran (to FC Bordeaux) €6.5m GK 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. Position Player DF 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. Position 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. Position Player FW 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. Position 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. Position Player DF Geder (from Spartak Moscow) MF Khaled Adenon (from ASEC Abidjan) MF Saber Ben Frej (from Étoile Sahel) FW Anthony Le Tallec (from Liverpool) £1.1m MF Fredrik Stromstad (from IK Start) FW 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. Position Player MF Daisuke Matsui (to St Etienne) MF Romaric (to Sevilla) €8m MF 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. Position Player MF Rio Antonio Mavuba (on loan from Villareal) FW Pierre-Alain Frau (from PSG) MF Emil Lyng (from AGF) FW 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. Position Player MF 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. Position Player MF Morgan Amalfitano (from CS Sedan) GK Alban Joinel (from Carqefou) MF Antoine Buron (from Amiens) FW 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. Position Player

Lyon

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Jean Makoun (from Lille) €14m GK Hugo Lloris (from Nice) €8.5m MF Ederson (from Nice) €15m DF Jean-Alain Boumsong (from Juventus) MF Marc Crosas (on loan from Barcelona) DF John Mensah (from Stade Rennais F.C.) €8.4m FW Cesar Delgado (from Cruz Azul) €11m FW 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. Position Player FW Loïc Rémy (to Nice) GK Grégory Coupet (to Atlético Madrid) €1.5m MF Hatem Ben Arfa (to Marseille) £9.5m DF Sébastien Squillaci (to Sevilla) £5m FW Milan Baroš (to Galatasaray) €5.5m

Marseille

In:

Summer 08 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Rudy Riou (from Toulouse) DF Amin Erbati (from Raja Casablanca) DF Hilton (from RC Lens) DF Tyrone Mears (on loan from Derby County) MF Hatem Ben Arfa (from Lyon) £9.5m FW Elliot Grandin (from SM Caen) FW Bakari Koné (from OGC Nice) FW Mamadou Samassa (from Le Mans)

Winter 08 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW Brandão (from Shakhtar Donetsk) FW Sylvain Wiltord (from Rennes)

Out:

Summer 08 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Cedric Carrasso (to Toulouse) GK Sébastien Hamel (to Toulouse) MF Samir Nasri (to Arsenal) €16m FW Djibril Cissé (on loan to Sunderland)

Winter 08 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position 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. Position Player MF Nikola Pokrivac (from Dinamo Zagreb) MF Sergio Bernardo Almiron (on loan from Juventus) MF Freddy Adu (on loan from Benfica) MF Jean-Jacques Gosso (from F.C. Ashdod) MF Sani Kaita (from Sparta Rotterdam) FW Park Chu-Young (from FC Seoul) DF 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. Position Player DF Jérémy Berthod (to AJ Auxerre) MF Malaury Martin (on loan to Nîmes Olympique) MF 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. Position Player DF Jean Calvé (from Le Mans) DF Joël Sami (from Amiens) MF 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. Position Player

Nantes

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Djamel Abdoun (from AC Ajaccio) GK Jérôme Alonzo (free from PSG) DF Eric Cubilier (loan return from FC Metz) MF Sylvio Rodelin (from Rodez AF) DF Ibrahim Tall (from Heart of Midlothian F.C.) 12 FW Filip Đorđević (from Red Star Belgrade) DF Douglão (from Sport Club Internacional) DF 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. Position Player DF Mauro Cetto (to Toulouse FC) DF Faneva Ima Andriantsima (loan to US Boulogne) DF Youssef Sekour (free transfer to CS Sedan) DF Olivier Thomas (Released) MF Paulin Voavy (loan to US Boulogne) MF Bocundji Ca (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. Position Player DF Gérald Cid (from Bolton Wanderers) MF Kafoumba Coulibaly (from Bastia) MF Emerse Fae (on loan from Reading) FW Chaouki Ben Saada (from Bastia) MF 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. Position Player GK Hugo Lloris (to Lyon) €8.5m MF 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. Position Player MF Ludovic Giuly (from Roma) MF 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. Position Player DF Bernard Mendy (free to Hull City) MF Didier Digard (to Middlesbrough) €5m FW David N'Gog (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. Position Player DF Carlos Bocanegra (free from Fulham) DF Djimi Traoré (on loan from Portsmouth) FW 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. Position Player GK Benjamin Levacher (to La Vitréenne FC) GK Gabriel Trinquart (to Tour d'Auvergne Rennes) DF Romuald Marie (to AS Cannes) DF Fabian Medeiros (to Troyes AC) DF John Mensah (to Lyon) €8.4m DF Giovanni Oliveri (to Grenoble Foot 38) DF Achille Rouga (released) MF Etienne Didot (to FC Toulouse) €3m MF Guillaume Heinry (to La Vitréenne FC) MF Mathieu Le Roux (to Vannes OC) MF Vincent Mesquita (to Troyes AC) MF Kévin Salabiaku (to AS Saint-Étienne) FW 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. Position Player FW 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. Position Player DF Jeremie Brechet (free to PSV)

St Etienne

In:

Summer 08 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF Daisuke Matsui (from Le Mans) MF Paulo Machado (on loan from Porto)

Out:

Summer 08 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player MF 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. Position Player GK Cedric Carrasso (from Marseille) DF Eduardo Ratinho (on loan from Corinthians) MF Etienne Didot (from Rennes) €3m MF 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. Position Player MF Achille Emana (to Real Betis) £5.5m FW 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. Position Player GK Jean-Louis Leca (from SC Bastia) MF Gael Danic (from Rennes) FW 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. Position Player MF Abdeslam Ouaddou (to AS Nancy) FW Steve Savidan (to SM Caen)