West Ham announced late yesterday that they have signed two new players, Torino striker David Di Michele, and Congolese defender Herita Ilunga from French side Toulouse. Both players arrive at Upton Park on season long loans, with a view to making the signings permanent. In addition to these players word is that Stephen Appaiahwho is now a [. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Danny Shittu (Watford), Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: Blerim Dzemaili (Torino, loan), Abdoulaye Meite (West Brom), El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. What grade do you give them for this transfer... Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Danny Shittu (Watford), Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: Blerim Dzemaili (Torino, loan), Abdoulaye Meite (West Brom), El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Midfielder heads out on loan Jussi wants his teammate. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Danny Shittu (Watford), Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: Abdoulaye Meite (West Brom), El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. £8 million bid said to have been rejected Click to continue reading...

Racing Santander tried to sell Ebi Smolarek throughout the whole summer. The deal with Toulouse was the closest to go through, there were also speculations about Olympiakos, Panathinaikos and Benfica. Finally, in the last days of the transfer window Ebi is loaned out to Bolton in exchange for Ricardo Vaz Te.

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Freddy Adu and Carlos Bocanegra both look to lead their clubs to victory over the weekend in France, as they face Grenoble and Toulouse respectively. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Danny Shittu (Watford), Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: Abdoulaye Meite (West Brom), El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Gary Megson would like to bring Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard to the Reebok... Click to continue reading...

We had reported last week that Toulouse star Herita Ilunga would jump at the chance to join Newcastle United. Herita Ilunge - on right - wants to come to UK Click to continue reading...

Francois Clerc's "slight knock" to the knee ended up being more serious than everyone first thought. He's torn the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, which means he'll be out for about five to six months.

Poor Clerc. Just when his career at Lyon and for Les Bleus was starting to take off.

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Soccer is coming back in many of the leagues throughout Europe. The English Premier League had a rather slow start with the Charity Shield game between Manchester United and Portsmouth, which ended 0-0 and then went to penalty kicks where Man U won easily.

In France, Lyon got off the a strong start, with Karim Benzema scoring 2 goals to lead them to a 3-0 victory over Toulouse. Click to continue reading...

A pair of goals by Karim Benzema helped Lyon begin their quest for eight straight French League titles with a 3-0 home win over Toulouse. Jean Makoun was also on the scoresheet for Les Gones. Last season's closest challengers Bordeaux, who beat Lyon in last weekend's season-opening Trophée des Champions, also got off on the right foot beating Caen 2-1. Click to continue reading...

Forgive this abbreviated match preview, but I'm in the middle of trying to find a new apartment, so things are a bit chaotic in my life at the moment. I'd a nice, long preview planned for the first game of the season, but I guess that will have to wait until next week.

August 10, 2008
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
3 PM Eastern time (21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT)

Toulouse is always annoying to play against, but now that Johan I-love-to-score-against-Lyon Elmander is at Bolton and Achille Pain-in-the-ass Emana is at Real Betis, hopefully things will be a little easier.

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French Ligue 1 : Olympique Lyon are meeting Toulouse Sunday August 10th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here at footiedb.com Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today!  Click to continue reading...

Lyon's favorite son and patron saint of goal-scoring, Karim Benzema expressed his feelings about the upcoming season in a recent interview in L'Equipe. Karim speaks about the changes in the club this season, as well as his thoughts on his coaches- new and old- and his newfound superstar status on the pitch.

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We reported a couple of days ago that there were reports in France that Toulouse left back Herita Ilunga is a target for Newcastle United. Herita Ilunga - wish is to play imn Premier League Click to continue reading...

French champions Lyon hope to get their quest for an eighth successive Ligue 1 title off to a good start when they host Toulouse on Sunday in the opening round of the season.



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BOLTON WANDERERS Notable arrivals: Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) West Brom are done chasing after defender Abdoulaye Meite. I'm very. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) Gary Megson could look to replace departed striker El-Hadji Diouf with Israeli international. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) Gary Megson could look to replace departed striker El-Hadji Diouf with Israeli international. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) Gary Megson could look to replace departed striker El-Hadji Diouf with Israeli international. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mustapha Riga (Levante), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland), Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) Another offer could be coming from West Brom for defender Abdoulaye Meite. The... Click to continue reading...

Betway has once again published their odds for the Ligue 1 2008/2009 season. Lyon are the favorites to win the championship, which would make it their eighth straight title. But unlike last season, an upset isn't as far-fetched.

From Betway.com:

Le Championnat 08/09

Lyon 1.

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BOLTON WANDERERS Notable arrivals: Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) Still brewing: Dutch winger Mustapha Riga, Reading midfielder James Harper and former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse are the. Click to continue reading...

You can't always believe everything you read, but sometimes, it's not as crazy as it seems. That's what kicks off today's roundup, which includes news from Toulouse, to well, you'll find out in a second. Spain Uzbekistani club Kuruvchi recently posted a story on their site about Samuel Eto'o coming to play for [. Click to continue reading...

As expected, Toulouse couldn't wait any longer and officially resigned from acquaring Ebi Smolarek from Racing Santander. The Polish striker is very reluctant to leave Primera Division and didn't want to move to a inferior club. As a result, Toulouse will have to spend the money they got for Johan Elmander elsewhere.

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