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United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - StuPot - 30-12-2009
This is from the Mirror so i cant be sure how true it is.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants
to get his hands on France World Cup keeper
Hugo Lloris - but will have to pay Lyon £20million
for their top shot-stopper.
Ferguson is ready to make a move for the tall 23-
year-old as he looks for Edwin van der Sar's
long-term replacement and he could make a
major splash when the transfer window opens.
Lyon are wealthy and hard to deal with - as
United have found in the past when they courted
Karim Benzema - but Ferguson hopes their
indifferent season may tempt the star keeper to
leave.
Ferguson would ideally like a new keeper next
month, but is also willing to wait until the
summer to land his man.
However van der Sar's
personal problems - with his wife gravely ill -
have added more urgency to the chase.
Lloris has been a stand-out for Lyon and France
this season, helping his country beat the Republic
of Ireland in the controversial play-offs with a
strong and safe couple of displays.
United have been tracking Lloris's progress and
feel he is the best emerging keeper around.
He
could be at the top for a decade or more and
looks to have the bottle for big-game action.
The problem will be the fee, with the Glazers
careful about their spending.
But in Lloris's favour
he has age on his side and a potential sell-on
value down the line.
Ferguson is also a fan of Spartak Moscow's Igor
Akinfeev, who is the same age and just slightly
smaller than Lloris.
He caught the eye when the
clubs met in the Champions League.
The downside on both Lloris and Akinfeev is that
they have both appeared in the elite competition
this season, leaving them ineligible for the knock-
out stages.
United are carefully monitoring van der Sar's
position just now but may have to act swiftly if
the Dutchman is to spend more time with his
stroke victim wife. If he is ruled out they will
make a major splash for his replacement.
10 things you need
to know about
Manchester United
target Hugo Lloris:
1) Hugo Lloris was born on December 26, 1986 in
Nice, France. He was nicknamed Saint Lloris for
his heroics during France's controversial World
Cup play-off victory over Ireland.
2) He started his career at hometown club OGC
Nice, where he made his professional debut in
October 2005, aged just 18, against LB
Châteauroux in the French League Cup. Lloris kept
a clean sheet as Nice won 2-0. He was an ever-
present in the tournament that season, helping
Nice to their first ever final. Sadly the fairy tale
ended there as Nancy saw out a narrow 2-1
victory.
3) He made his league debut in March 2006,
helping Nice to a 1-0 victory over Nancy. Another
four appearances followed that season, and Lloris
took over the number one jersey permanently
from fan favourite Damien Gregorini the following
season.
4) He excelled in his first full season for Nice,
keeping 13 clean sheets in 37 appearances.
5) After being linked with Tottenham, Lloris
eventually turned down a firm offer from AC
Milan to join Lyon in the summer of 2008 for
€ 8.5million.
6) He made an immediate impact at the Stade
Gerland, keeping a clean sheet in his debut against
Toulouse. And despite the season ending with
Lyon missing out on their first league title in
seven years, Lloris was still crowned Ligue 1's
Goalkeeper of the Year.
7) The accolades continued to come in the
2009-10 season. Lloris was named Ligue 1's
Player of the Month for September following four
clean sheets in his first eight games, and placed
third in France Football's 2009 French Player of
the Year award (behind Nicolas Anelka and Yoann
Gourcuff).
8) Crucially for a potential Manchester United
player, he's already got up the noses of Liverpool
fans. Lloris' excellent performances for Lyons in
their 2009-10 Champions League campaign did
much to ensure Benitez' men missed out on
qualifying for the knockout stages,
9) He's represented France at all age groups, and
was an ever-present in France's 2005 European
Under-19 Football Championship winning side.
Lloris made his senior debut against Uruguay on
November 19, 2008 - and kept a clean sheet in a
0-0 draw. He's since won 8 caps - although his
copy book was blotted following the red card he
received during France's 1-1 draw with Serbia.
10) Lloris is considered one of Europe's top young
keepers.
Source: mirror football
It says she had a stroke there, but wasnt it a brain haemorrhage?
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - sypher - 30-12-2009
Well, I don't think SAF will buy any one. He said crlearly - "No transfers in January" - he is old and he won't buy any one. We need to change manager first. I really like Fergie but he doesn't wan't to buy any one and this isn't our greatest season.
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - Hyltz'. - 30-12-2009
(30-12-2009, 09:45 AM)StuPot Wrote: It says she had a stroke there, but wasnt it a brain haemorrhage?
A 'Stroke' is a brain injury.
A 'Bleed' (Brain Haemorrhage) is one of the two main types of stroke.
The second, is caused by the 'Clotting' or 'Blocking' of an blood vessel.
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - StuPot - 30-12-2009
(30-12-2009, 06:00 PM)Hyltz. Wrote:(30-12-2009, 09:45 AM)StuPot Wrote: It says she had a stroke there, but wasnt it a brain haemorrhage?
A 'Stroke' is a brain injury.
A 'Bleed' (Brain Haemorrhage) is one of the two main types of stroke.
The second, is caused by the 'Clotting' or 'Blocking' of an blood vessel.
Ahh thanks for that
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - Phil-M.U.F.C. - 30-12-2009
He's a quality keeper, hope we bid for him in January but yeah I think it's unlikely as Fergie doesn't wanna buy anyone in January.
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - olocky - 30-12-2009
I think Fergie will wait until the summer before deciding his keepers, VDS may now retire to be with his wife and Foster may be sold if he doesnt up his game
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - Phil-M.U.F.C. - 30-12-2009
Well Foster is looking pretty bad as of late with his chances, not even on the bench for the Wigan match.
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - Vazza - 30-12-2009
"u know you are in Love if u see the world in her eye,and her eye every where in the world"
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - andrewcmufc - 30-12-2009
WHAT
RE: United planing £20million transfer swoop for French goalkeeper - Hyltz'. - 31-12-2009
(30-12-2009, 08:11 PM)Vazza Wrote: "u know you are in Love if u see the world in her eye,and her eye every where in the world"
(30-12-2009, 08:52 PM)andrewcmufc Wrote: WHAT
"You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world"
~ David Levesque ~