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[tbuc]

Guillaume Hoarau heads to Wigan Athletic

August 5, 2011

PARIS – After bring in three new faces, new manger tbuc made his first sale since coming on board at PSG. French striker Guillaume Hoarau is now on his way to England to join English Premier League side Wigan Athletic after the club offered PSG $16,000,000 for his services. Hoarau began his footballing career at Le Havre, a Ligue 2 side, before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2008. “Hoarau is a true striker with great height and goal scoring ability. We are sad to see him go,” said fellow PSG forward Kevin Gameiro.

Since join PSG in 2008, Hoarau scored 46 goals in 120 appearances for his club team. tbuc had this to say about the departure of his striker, “He’s a good player and a great person. Unfortunately, this is a business and we couldn’t pass up to offer Wigan proposed to us. The money we received should allow us to bring in another striker plus add depth elsewhere. We wish Hoarau the best of luck in England.”

The deal was worth $16,000,000 and Guillaume Hoarau signed for 4-year, $70,800 a week.

[tbuc]

v.
Match Day 1: Paris Saint-Germain 0-3 FC Lorient
GOALS: Quercia (36', 55') Diabate (51' PEN)

PSG Starting XI (4-4-2):
--------------------Douchez-------------------
-van der Wiel-Lugano--Sakho---------Jallet-
----------------------Mikel--------------------
--------Menez-------------------Nene--------
---------------------Pastore-------------------
-------------Higuain-------Gameiro----------

Subs:
Mikel → Bodmer (74')
Menez → Luyindula (74')
Higuain → Erdinc (74')

FC Lorient Starting XI (4-4-2):
--------------------Audard---------------------
-Baca------Manga-------Bourillon--Mareque-
------------Romao-------Mvuemba-----------
--Jouffre------------------------------Diarra--
-------------Quercia----Diabate---------------

Subs:
Quercia → Campbell (66')
Diabate→ Aliadiere (89')

Postgame Press Conference:
"No doubt we played poorly all around. We gave up another penalty in the box again today. Mikel got a little desperate I guess. Higuain was non existent for the second straight match and we really had no support upfront. Nene and Menez are two talented players, but were very lazy for me today. Gamiero played well, however. I thought he played well against Man City in our finally friendly match and I'm glad to see that carry over into today. We have a lot of work to do before our next match."

[Rudi]

Hoarau was dat dude in the FIFA tho. He was a beast. Tough loss to start the season.

[tbuc]

Transfer Rumors

August 7, 2011

• Bordeaux submit bid to Lille for star midfielder Ludovic Obraniak.

August 8, 2011

• Bordeaux show interest in Bayer Leverkusen's Gonzalo Castro.

August 12, 2011

• Juventus interest in ex-Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka.
• Daniel Van Buyten wishes to remain at Bayern Munich.

August 14, 2011

• Sevilla offer $24,000,000 for Schalke striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

DONE DEALS

RB Rod Fanni – Marseille → Tottenham – $8,000,000
RB Glen Johnson – Liverpool → Tottenham – $16,000,000
ST Milivoje Novakovič – FC Koln → Saint-Etienne – $9,500,000
MF Kevin Großkreutz – Borussia Dortmund → VfB Stuttgart – $10,500,000

[tbuc]

v.
Match Day 2: Stade Rennais FC 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain
GOALS: Gameiro (34')

PSG Starting XI (4-4-2):
--------------------Douchez-------------------
-van der Wiel-Lugano--Sakho---------Jallet-
----------------------Mikel--------------------
--------Menez-------------------Nene--------
---------------------Pastore-------------------
-------------Higuain-------Gameiro----------

Subs:
Jallet → Bisevac (89')
Gameiro → Bodmer (89')
Higuain → Erdinc (89')

Rennais Starting XI (4-2-3-1):
----------------------Costil--------------------
-Danze-----Mangane----Apam--Catherine--
------------M'Vila-----------Tettey------------
-------Ben Arfa-----Feret-----Dalmet--------
-------------------Montano-------------------

Subs:
Apam → Kana-Biyik (63')
Mangane → Mavinga (89')

Postgame Press Conference:
"We played much better today. Still would like us to hold onto the ball longer though, but we got the three points and that's whats most important. Nene is still playing a bit lazy. He needs to drop back further and help support his leftback in defense. On a more positive note, Mikel played well, he came up with a few key tackles in our defensive half and even came forward to help out Pastore in the final third. It was also a much better game from Higuain. He dropped a little further back at times and got involved. He also came up with the assist on a great ball to Gameiro who just had to tap it in. Now we have to keep this up and bring the momentum into our next match."

[seaplus]

finally a W! woot

[tbuc]

Transfer Rumors

August 16, 2011

• Liverpool place a $79,000,000 bid for AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato.
• Arsenal place a $8,500,000 bid for Inter Milan's Cristian Chivu.

August 19, 2011

• Atletico Madrid reportedly in on Manchester City man Kolo Toure.
• Liverpool show interest in Brazilian defender Lucio.

DONE DEALS

LM Ludovic Obraniak – Lille → Bordeaux – $8,500,000
LW Gonzalo Castro – Bayer Leverkusen → Bordeaux – $12,500,000
CDM Miguel Veloso – Genoa → Blackburn Rovers – $10,500,000
RM Ryad Boudebouz – Sochaux → QPR – $9,500,000
ST Nicholas Anelka – Chelsea → Juventus – $15,500,000
ST Cacau – VfB Stuttgart → Werder Bremen – $15,500,000
CB William Gallas – Tottenham → Roma – $7,000,000

[tbuc]

v.
Match Day 3: Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Valenciennes FC
GOALS: Jallet (7' OG) Lugano (42') Gameiro (76')

PSG Starting XI (4-4-2):
--------------------Douchez-------------------
-van der Wiel-Lugano--Sakho---------Jallet-
----------------------Mikel--------------------
--------Menez-------------------Nene--------
---------------------Pastore-------------------
-------------Higuain-------Gameiro----------

Subs:
Jallet → Bisevac (83')
Higuain → Bodmer (83')
Nene → Tiene (90')

Valenciennes Starting XI (4-3-3):
-------------------Penneteau------------------
-Ducourtioux---Gil------Gomis---------Bong-
-------Sanchez----Cohade-------Saez--------
--Hee---------------Pujol--------------Danic--

Subs:
Tae Hee → Dossevi (45')
Bong → Mater (83')

Postgame Press Conference:
"After dropping three points in our first match, we've collect six in our last two. To go along with that, I thought we've gotten better over that period. Today I thought we were no doubt the better team. It could've easily been 2-0 if not more, but Jallet was a bit unlucky and scored an own goal. It came off a corner that was not properly cleared and Jallet tried to chest it down and clear it, but hit it a little too hard off his chest and it ended up in the back of the net. I have to mention Lugano's name as well. I thought he played extremely well against City and Barca in the center of our defense. He won a lot of balls in the air and his talents in the air paid off today when he scored our first goal. I've also praised Gameiro's ability to get involved up front in our earlier games, but the one thing I didn't mention was his inability to put the ball on target. It's great if you can create chances for yourself, but if your not putting them on net, then it all amounts to nothing. However, today he improved on that big time. His goal came on a beautiful bender that rapped around the keeper and into the side netting."

[tbuc]

Transfer Rumors

August 21, 2011

• Chelsea makes move for Real Madrid midfielder Kaka.
• Bordeaux show interest in Auxerre man Anthony Le Tallec

August 23, 2011

• Liverpool midfielder Dirk Kuyt shuts down Roma switch.

DONE DEALS

LB Filipe Luis – Atletico Madrid → Arsenal – $18,500,000
CB Cristian Chivu – Inter Milan → Arsenal – $8,500,000
RW Eden Hazard – Lille → Barcelona – $62,500,000

[tbuc]

PSG Bring in Young Englishman Marc Albrighton

August 24, 2011

PARIS – Since arriving as the clubs new manager, tbuc has done a great job of adding top talent and strengthening his squad. He has brought in a world class striker, an up-and-coming fullback, as well as an established central defensive midfielder. Bringing in Albrighton adds some much needed depth on the right side of the midfield. As a pacey winger that can play on both the right and left, Albrighton allows Menez, a more central midfielder, to play his natural role late in games. “We like the potential Albrighton brings to the table. He won’t start for us right away, but he’ll no doubt make an impact off the bench. He’s only 21 years old and we look for him to be one of our top players in a few years down the road,” explained tbuc.

Born and raised in England, Marc Albrighton joined the Aston Villa youth academy in 1998 and made is Premier League debut for Villa on the opening match day of the 2009-10 season. A year later, opening match day of the 2010-11 season, Albrighton made his first Premier League start. In total, the young Englishman appeared in 38 matches for the EPL side before making the switch.

[tbuc]

Transfer Rumors

August 25, 2011

• Aston Villa have interest in Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov
• Stéphane M'bia draws interest from Manchester City.

August 26, 2011

• Wolverhampton target front man Jermaine Defoe.
• Chelsea are strongly linked to Robinho.

DONE DEALS

ST Alexandre Pato – AC Milan → Liverpool – $79,500,000
LW Diego Perotti – Sevilla → Roma – $18,500,000
CAM Kaka – Real Madrid → Chelsea – $33,500,000
CAM Wesley Sneijder – Inter Milan → Real Madrid – $51,500,000
RB Ignazio Abate – AC Milan → S.S. Lazio – $13,500,000

[tbuc]

v.
Match Day 4: Toulouse FC 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain
GOALS: Riviere (59') Pastore (79')

PSG Starting XI (4-4-2):
--------------------Douchez-------------------
-van der Wiel-Lugano--Sakho---------Jallet-
----------------------Mikel--------------------
--------Menez-------------------Nene--------
---------------------Pastore-------------------
-------------Higuain-------Gameiro----------

Subs:
Lugano → Albrighton (79')

Toulouse Starting XI (4-5-1):
---------------------Pele------------------------
-Ninkov------Congre--Abdennour---Tabanou-
-------------------Balmont---------------------
-Machando----Didot----Capoue----Regattin-
--------------------Riviere---------------------

Subs:
Regattin → Braaten (67')
Machando → Devaux (86')
Didot → Bulut (90')

Postgame Press Conference:
"It always feels good to come out with a point when you're away from home. I thought we had the chance to come away with all three, but both sides played well enough to deserve a point. Our first big chance came around the 20' when Gameiro played in Higuain who tried scoring with his first touch. He ended up hitting it straight at the keeper and the rebound fell to Pastore, who also tried scoring with his first touch, but sent it wide. He was at a tough angle, however. Overall our defense played well. Sakho was probably the man of the match for me. He made a few big time tackles around the box and possibly saved us from giving up more than one goal. The man of the match for Toulouse had to be their keeper. We put seven shots on target and only one found the back of the net. Of those six saves, most of those were not routine. Next up we have Brest at home. It would be nice to get three points out of that match."

[seaplus]

ouch. another own goal. does he get moved out of the starting XI?

[kyhadley]

Some tough games so far, but I like the moves that you made. Lots of big names moving around too, huh.

[tbuc]

So my power went out last Friday and I didn't get it back until Monday morning. I left my PS3 on and never saved it from the last time I played. I only lost four days in the game. So, reread my last two posts as those have been edited. Thanks!

ouch. another own goal. does he get moved out of the starting XI?

I have considered. Jallet is a 76 over and his backup is a 75 and a better crosser of the ball and better dribbler. However, he only marginally better and Jallet is a much better tackler. As of now no switch has been made.

Some tough games so far, but I like the moves that you made. Lots of big names moving around too, huh.

Thanks. And yeah, had to bring in some new players to make this a stronger side (obviously).