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Stunning Coup! Loïc Rémy to Lens…..
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A stunning coup indeed as Jean Michel Aulas’ Lyon have decided to loan their most promising young player to Lens for the rest of the season with an option to buy. The fine young striker Loïc Rémy is set to join the blood and gold as early as this week.
A product of the Lyon [...]
Category: Team NewsLensois show character in two straight matches
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My readers must forgive me for my recent absence as I have been covering the African Nations Cup. Nevertheless, the Lens project continues from La Gaillette and after a mid-week victory against Valenciennes the Lensois fought back this saturday to earn a much deserved draw against Strasbourg at the Stade Felix Bollaert.
Once again it [...]
Category: Team NewsLens dismantles Lyon..3-0…Belhadj shines.
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And just like that, when the final whistle blew the Lensois had easlily dispatched champions Lyon in a match that was dominated from start to finish by the rejuvenated blood and gold.
And once again it was Nadir Belhadj leading the charge this time against his former mates who stupidly squandered his talents in favor of [...]
Category: Team NewsLucien Aubey gone to Portsmouth…yet another blow.
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Well, it had been bandied about in the press for a couple of days now and I personally had the feeling that it was inevitable. For the second time this year Lens have lost one of their prized summer signings. First there was Kanga Akale leaving on “loan” to Marseille and looking fantastic [...]
Category: Team NewsSidi Keita and Belhadj shine….Lens wins!
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In qualifying easily for the semi-finals of the League Cup , which will now bring on Le Mans, the Lensois have not only advanced in the competition but the form also seems to have returned a bit to the beleaguered Lensois. The joie de vivre seemed to have returned and a bit of spirit along [...]
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Tags: belhadj, bollaert, demont, hilton, keita, Lens, ligue1, lyon, maoulida, monterrubio, papin, Team NewsLens disgraced in Paris….3-0. Sad day for French football.
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A sad day for French football indeed as one of its historic clubs takes another precarious step towards relegation. Sunday’s match in Paris exposed the Lens management for the blunders it has commited with last season’s dubious swaps and the ultimate destruction of the club’s nucleus during the disasterous summer transfer period.
On [...]
Category: Team News“Le Druide” Leclercq back at Lens
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Legendary coach Daniel Leclercq who led the blood and gold to the Ligue 1 championship in 1997/98 season has been reunited with his old mates at Lens.
this time Druide returns in the capacity of sporting director to aid struggling coach Jean-Pierre Papin.
“I have one objective, to bring the passion back to the Lens team [...]
Category: Team NewsLong Time Gone: Nadir Belhadj back at Lens. Is Jimmy Kebe next?
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Its been a long time since Algeria international Nadir Belhadj last roamed the training pitch at La Gaillette but this tuesday the player known as “galactic man” by throngs of fellow Algerian countrymen had returned.
After a short and ultimately unfulfilling spell with Ligue 1 champions Lyon the galactic man was signed to a three and [...]
Category: Team NewsMaoulida signs. Now What?
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Well, when it comes to recruitment it doesn’t hurt to be a world famous French footballing hero. Apparently this was one of the reasons why Toifilou Maoulida signed on with Lens on the first day of the new year.
Maoulida grew up admiring current Lens head man Jean-Pierre Papin. Indeed, the veteran Ligue 1 [...]
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