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 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 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 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)