French Ligue 1 transfers in 2009/2010 season

Latest transfers in French Ligue 1

date player to from m€
Aug '09 Joao Paulo Le Mans Porto
Aug '09 Mamadou Samassa Valenciennes Marseille
Aug '09 Nicolas Dieuze Grenoble Le Havre
Aug '09 Joao Paulo Andrade Le Mans Porto
Jul '09 Bafetimbi Gomis Lyon Saint-Etienne 13
Jul '09 Gabriel Heinze Marseille Real Madrid 1.5
Jul '09 James Fanchone Lorient Strasbourg
Jul '09 Fernando Morientes Marseille Valencia
Jul '09 Fabrice Abriel Marseille Lorient 2.5
Jul '09 Guirane N'Daw St. Etienne Nantes

The most expensive transfers

date player to from m€
Jul '09 Lisandro Lopez Lyon Porto 24
Jul '09 Michel Bastos Lyon Lille 18
Jul '09 Lucho Gonzalez Marseille Porto 18
Jul '09 Aly Cissokho Lyon Porto 15
Jun '09 Yoann Gourcuff Bordeaux Milan 15

Major transfers in French Ligue 1

Auxerre

Midfielder Alexandre Licata from Monaco.

Bordeaux

Czech midfielder Jaroslav Plasil from Osasuna for a fee of €3m; Goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso from Toulouse for a fee of €10m; Midfielder Yoann Gourcuff (permanent signing) from Milan for a fee of €15m.

Grenoble

Midfielder Nicolas Dieuze from Le Havre; Japanese midfielder Daisuke Matsui from Saint-Etienne; Goalkeeper Jodi Viviani from Saint-Etienne; Defender Sandy Paillot from Lyon.

Le Mans

Portuguese defender Joao Paulo from Porto; Portuguese defender Joao Paulo Andrade from Porto.

Lille

Ivory Coast forward Gervinho from Le Mans for a fee of €6m; Goalkeeper Mickael Landreau from Paris St. Germain; Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on loan from Milan.

Lorient

Forward James Fanchone from Strasbourg; Defender Maxime Baca from Le Havre.

Lyon

Forward Bafetimbi Gomis from Saint-Etienne for a fee of €13m; Defender Aly Cissokho from Porto for a fee of €15m; Brazilian defender Michel Bastos from Lille for a fee of €18m; Argentinean forward Lisandro Lopez from Porto for a fee of €24m.

Marseille

Argentinean defender Gabriel Heinze from Real Madrid for a fee of €1.5m; Midfielder Fabrice Abriel from Lorient for a fee of €2.5m; Spanish forward Fernando Morientes on a free transfer from Valencia; Midfielder Cyril Rool from Nice; Brazilian goalkeeper Elinton Andrade from Rapid Bucharest; Cameroonian midfielder Stephane M'bia from Rennes for a fee of €12m; Midfielder Edouard Cisse on a free transfer from Besiktas; Senegalese defender Souleymane Diawara from Bordeaux for a fee of €5m; Cameroonian defender Charley Fomen from Panthere Bangangte; Argentinean midfielder Lucho Gonzalez from Porto for a fee of €18m.

Monaco

Defender Sebastien Puygrenier on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg; Malian defender Djimi Traore from Portsmouth.

Montpelier

Defender Cyril Jeunechamp from Nice; Midfielder Geoffrey Dernis from Saint-Etienne; Midfielder Romain Pitau from Sochaux.

Nancy

Goalkeeper Reynald Lemaitre from Caen.

Paris SG.

Goalkeeper Willy Grondin from Valenciennes; Midfielder Christophe Jallet from Lorient; Goalkeeper Gregory Coupet from Atletico Madrid; Forward Mevlut Erding from Sochaux.

Rennes

Guinean forward Ismael Bangoura from Dinamo Kiev; Japanese midfielder Junichi Inamoto from Eintracht Frankfurt.

Sochaux

United States forward Charlie Davies from Hammarby; Defender Jeremie Brechet from PSV Eindhoven.

St. Etienne

Senegalese midfielder Guirane N'Daw on loan from Nantes; Goalkeeper Vincent Plante from Caen.

Toulouse

Portuguese midfielder Paulo Machado from Porto; Goalkeeper Yohann Pele on a free transfer from Le Mans; Midfielder Antoine Devaux from Boulogne; Cameroonian defender Dany Nounkeu from Pau; Brazilian midfielder Luan from Sao Caetano.

Valenciennes

Forward Mamadou Samassa on loan from Marseille; Midfielder Renaud Cohade from Strasbourg; Midfielder Fahid Ben Khalfallah from Caen.