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. 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 Villareal) — 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 08 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 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 08 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  BRA Brandão (from Shakhtar Donetsk) — FW  FRA 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. 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 08 Note: 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 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. 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 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. 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 08 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 (from Le Mans) — MF  POR 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. 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)