Algeria head coach Rabah Saadane selected a 25-man preliminary roster on Tuesday. The roster will
be trimmed down to the required 23 by June 1.
A few of the Algerians selected are teammates of players on the U.S. MNT: defender Madjid Bougherra
plays at Rangers with DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu; midfielder Riad Boudebouz plays with
Charlie Davies at Sochaux; Adlane Guedioura has been on loan at Wolves with Marcus Hahnemann; and
midfielder Karim Matmour lines up next to Michael Bradley at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
GOALKEEPERS (4): Fawzi Chaouchi (ES Setif), Lounes Gaouaoui (ASO Chlef), M'bohi Rais Ouhed (Slava
Sofia), Mohamed Liamine Zemamouche (MC Alger) DEFENDERS (8): Habib Belaid (Boulogne), Nadir Belhadj
(Portsmouth), Madjid Bougherra (Glasgow Rangers), Rafik Halliche (Nacional Madeira), Abdelkader
Laifaoui (ES Setif), Carl Medjani (AC Ajaccio), Djamel Mesbah (Lecce) Anther Yahia (VfL Bochum)
MIDFIELDERS (10): Djamel Abdoun (Nantes), Riad Boudebouz (Sochaux), Adlane Guedioura
(Wolverhampton), Fouad Kadir (Valenciennes), Medhi Lacen (Racing Santander), Yazid Mansouri
(Lorient), Karim Matmour (Borussia.
By Tony Attwood Untold Arsenal doesn't do predictions about who we are about to buy, but if we did
I might be tempted to say Sébastien Squillaci. Squillaci is a central defender who was with Monaco
with whom we know that our Lord Wenger has many contacts. He went on loan to AC Ajaccio [...]
The latest addition to the Arsenal squad will be this 30yr old centre back who currently plays
for Sevilla. Following increasing speculation, Arsenalinsider's sources finally confirmed that the
deal has been confirmed by someone very close to the club and it is subject to the usual clearance
and medical and agreement of personal terms, but we are certain that this 6ft 1in player is
destined to become the latest transfer to the Emirates.
