The transfer market in France has been pretty quiet so far, and most teams pretty much look the same as they did at the beginning of the season. Marouane Chamakh seems to be staying at Bordeaux, which is what Ligue 1 fans knew a few weeks ago yet EPL fans didn’t have a clue. Marseille and Lyon and most other teams haven’t done anything.
Except AS Monaco.
The Principality secured the services of Icelandic superstar Eidur Gudjohnsen on a free transfer from Barcelona. The team also netted Le Mans center midfielder Mathieu Coutadeur.
So far this year, Monaco has been dismal at scoring goals, with only three goals in four games. With this scoring drought, the logical choice is to put Gudjohnsen in the striker position, even though he can play attacking midfield as well. Also, since Gudjohnsen has been a consistent scorer in both international and club play, he would pair up quite well we French U-21 star Frédéric Nimani.
We will see in the next month or so if Gudjohnsen alone will be enough to help the struggling offensive of Monaco, but so far they have not had any answers to that question.
The only other move of note for American fans (which is a move that actually happened a few weeks ago) was the signing of Chicago Fire defender Bakary Soumare to Boulogne.
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