One young American arrived in France, and another departed. Charlie Davies should be a better fit at Sochaux, in need of help up front, than Freddy Adu was at Monaco, where he was just one of a dozen or so prospects in the first team. For all the French league player moves …
AUXERRE
In: Licata (Monaco) Birsa (Sochaux) Contout (Amiens) Martin (Clermont/loan return) Marcos (PAOK, GRE/loan return) Mbani (Romorantin/loan return) Traore (Brest/loan return)
Out: Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg, GER) Genest (Laval) Langil (Caen/loan) Tamas (Dinamo Bucharest, ROM) Jasse (Dijon) Kitambala (Dijon) Mendes (Standard Liege, BEL) Oliech (Al Arabi, QAT)
BORDEAUX
In: Carrasso (Toulouse) Ciani (Lorient) Plasil (Osasuna, SPA) Moimbe (Reims/loan return)
Out: Diawara (Marseille) Obertan (Man. United, ENG) Valverde (Boulogne ) Diabate (Nancy/loan) Ayite (Nancy/loan) Marange (Nancy) Olimpa (Angers/loan) Lavie (free agent) Moimbe (AC Ajaccio/loan)
BOULOGNE
In: Valverde (Bordeaux) Karuru (Masvingo United, ZIM) Agouazi (Metz) Da Rocha (Nantes) Borne (Rennes) Das Neves (Nantes) Adefemi (Rheindorf Altach, AUT) Robert (Lorient/loan) Dembele (Rennes/loan)
Out: Devaux (Toulouse) Mouyokolo (Hull City, ANG) Andriatsima (Nantes/loan return) Nkong (Indios, MEX) Brignoni (free agent) Labbe (free agent) Kinkela (free agent)
GRENOBLE
In: Ljuboja (VfB Stuttgart, GER) Matsui (St. Etienne) Tadic (Dinamo Zagreb, CRO) Viviani (St. Etienne) Dieuze (Le Havre) Paillot (Lyon) Juan (Chateauroux/loan return) Ovono (Dinamo Tbilisi, GEO)
Out: Moreira (Rennes/loan return) Wimbee (free agent) Baning (Paris SG/loan return) Flachez (free agent) N'Ganga (Tours) Toure (Lille/loan return) Grandin (Marseille/loan return) Cattier (free agent) Dimitrijevic (free agent) El Moubarki (free agent) Yanev (free agent) Regragui (free agent)
LE MANS
In: Andrade (Porto, POR) Ekeng (Canon de Yaounde, CAM) Ovono (Dinamo Tbilissi, GEO) Keita (Nimes/loan return) Loriot (Clermont/loan return) El-Bahri (Istres/loan return) Duarte (entr.)
Out: Gervinho (Le Mans) Pele (Toulouse) Paulo Andre (Corinthians, BRA/loan) Zito (Laval/loan return) Adenon (Bastia/loan) Ferrand (Reims/loan) Panthskhava (Metalist Karkhiv, UKR)
LENS
In: Eduardo (Guingamp) Kasraoui (Esperance, TUN) El Adoua (Wydad Casablanca, MOR) Pollet (Reims/loan return) Yahia (Nice) Akale (Recreativo Huelva/loan return)
Out: Roux (Brest)
LILLE
In: Gervinho (Le Mans) Landreau (Lille) Aubameyang (AC Milan, ITA) Butelle (Valence, SPA) Franquart (Le Havre/loan return) Mouko (Gueugnon) Toure (Grenoble/loan return) Rivierez (Niort) Yanez (Atl. Junior, COL/loan return)
Out: Bastos (Lyon) Fauvergue (Strasbourg) Youla (Eskise, TUR) Tafforeau (Caen) Malicki (Dijon)
LORIENT
In: Penalba (Argentinos Juniors, ARG) Diarra (Tours) Koscielny (Tours) Monterrubio (Sion, SWI) J.Fanchone (Strasbourg) Mvuemba (Portsmouth, ENG) Baca (Le Havre) Marin (Bastia/loan return) Barthelme (Racing CF) Buron (Amiens/loan return)
Out: Ciani (Bordeaux) Abriel (Marseille) Jallet (Paris SG) Obertan (Bordeaux/loan return) Namouchi (Sivasspor, TUR) Ayew (Marseille/loan return) Cantareil (free agent) Le Pen (free agent) Ewolo (Brest) Calve (Nancy/loan return) Boutruche (free agent) Robert (Boulogne/loan)
LYON
In: Lisandro Lopez (Porto, POR) Gomis (St. Etienne) Bastos (Lille) Cissokho (Porto, POR) Cleber Anderson (Cruzeiro, BRA/loan return)
Out: Benzema (Real Madrid, SPA) Juninho (El Gharrafa, QAT) Keita (Galatasaray, TUR) Piquionne (Portsmouth, ENG/loan) Paillot (Grenoble) Pied (Metz/loan)
MARSEILLE
In: M'Bia (Rennes) Lucho Gonzalez (Porto, POR) Heinze (Real Madrid, SPA) Morientes (Valence, SPA) Diawara (Bordeaux) Abriel (Lorient) E.Cisse (Besiktas, TUR) Rool (Nice) E.Andrade (Rapid Bucharest, ROM) Fomen (Panthere du Nde, CAM) Ayew (Lorient/loan return) Grandin (Grenoble/loan return) Bocaly (Montpellier/loan return) N'Diaye (AC Ajaccio/loan return) M'Bow (Cannes, Nat/loan return) Krstic (AC Ajaccio/loan return)
Out: D.Cisse (Panathinaïkos, GRE) Cana (Sunderland, ENG) Ziani (Wolfsburg, GER) Zubar (Wolves, ENG) Givet (Blackburn, ENG) Wiltord (Rennes/loan return) Civelli (free agent) Zenden (free agent) M'Bami (free agent) Mears (Derby County, ENG/loan return) Deruda (free agent) Negopodov (free agent) Sabo (AC Ajaccio/loan) N'Diaye (AC Ajaccio/loan) Arrache (Bastia) Begeorgi (Istres)
MONACO
In: Puygrenier (Zenith St. Petersburg, RUS/loan) D.Traore (Birmingham City, ENG) Nene (Espanyol, SPA/loan return) Martin (Nimes/loan return)
Out: Licata (Auxerre) Sambou (Nantes) Bolivar (Internacional, BRA) Vargas (free agent) Adu (Benfica, POR/loan return) Diaz (AC Ajaccio/loan) Vallaurio (Rodez/loan) Ricardo (entr.)
MONTPELLIER
In: Dernis (St. Etienne) Pitau (Sochaux) Jeunechamp (Nice) Spahic (Lokomotiv Moscou, RUS) Pitau (Sochaux)
Out: Bocaly (Marseille/loan return) Sabo (Marseille/loan return) Carotti (retired) Ouadah (free agent) Deruda (free agent) Armand (Clermont/loan) Lippini (free agent)
NANCY
In: Alo'o Efoulou (Angers) Ca (Tours) Diabate (Bordeaux/loan) Lemaître (Caen) B.Traore (Amiens) Loties (Dijon) Marange (Bordeaux) Ayite (Bordeaux/loan) Camerling (Clermont/loan return) Calve (Lorient/loan return)
Out: N'Guemo (Celtic, SCO/loan) Fortune (Celtic, SCO) Zerka (Nantes) Adjet (Tours) Helder (Rapid Bucharest, ROM/loan)
NICE
In: Bagayoko (Nantes) Pote (Clermont) Quartey (Kaizer Chiefs, AFS) Paisley (Strasbourg) Cantareil (Lorient) Mabiala (Paris SG) Gaze (Rodez/loan return)
Out: Rool (Marseille) Kante (Panathinaikos, GRE) Jeunechamp (Montpellier) Yahia (Lens) Modeste (Angers/loan)
PARIS ST. GERMAIN
In: Erding (Sochaux) Coupet (Atletico Madrid, SPA) Jallet (Lorient) Sankhare (Reims/loan return) Ngoyi (Clermont/loan return) Boli (Le Havre/loan return) Baning (Grenoble/loan return) Grondin (Valenciennes) Arquin (Quimper)
Out: Landreau (Lille) Souza (Gremio, BRA) Mulumbu (West Bromwich, ENG) Charbonnier (Angers) Mabiala (Nice) Everton (Niigata, JPN/loan) Le Guen (entr.)
RENNES
In: Bangoura (Dynamo Kiev, UKR) Tettey (Rosenborg, NOR) Inamoto (Eintracht Francfort, GER) Katongo (Châteauroux/loan return) Doumbia (Châteauroux) Moreira (Grenoble/loan return) Badiane (Clermont/loan return) Bru (Clermont/loan return)
Out: M'Bia (Marseille) Wiltord (free agent) Sorlin (PAOK, GRE) Borne (Boulogne) Lasimant (CS Sedan/loan) Esteban (Servette, SWI/loan) Brahimi (Clermont/loan) Dembele (Boulogne/loan) Le Marchand (Le Havre/loan) Camara (Vannes/loan)
ST. ETIENNE
In: N'Daw (Nantes/loan) Fernandes (Manchester City, ENG) Plante (Caen) Sako (Chateauroux) Faye (Tours/loan return) Moulin (Arles/loan return) Houri (Arles/loan return)
Out: Gomis (Lyon) Matsui (Grenoble) Machado (Porto, POR/loan return) Grax (Guingamp/loan) Dernis (Montpellier) Viviani (Grenoble) Nilsson (Vitesse, NED)
SOCHAUX
In: Davies (Hammarby, SWE) Stevanovic (Partizan, SER) Brechet (PSV, NED) Yenza Yamissi (Nimes) K.Traore (Strasbourg/loan return) Mathis (Guingamp/loan return) Sene (Guingamp/loan return) Perisic (Roulers, BEL/loan return)
Out: Erding (Paris SG) Birsa (Auxerre) Santos (free agent) Pitau (Montpellier) Mezague (Vannes) Daf (free agent) Afolabi (free agent) Gavanon (Cannes) Isabey (Dijon) Mathis (Guingamp) Previtali (FC Gueugnon) Pichot (Strasbourg) El Bounadi (free agent) O.Thomas (free agent) K.Traore (Caen/loan)
TOULOUSE
In: Pele (Le Mans) Luan (Sao Caetano, BRA) Machado (Porto, POR) Nounkeu (Pau) Devaux (Boulogne) Dupuis (Rodez/loan return)
Out: Carrasso (Bordeaux) Mathieu (Valence, SPA) Fort (Arminia Bielefeld, GER) Bergougnoux (free agent) Ouasfane (Angers)
VALENCIENNES
In: R.Gomis (Caen) Ben Khalfallah (Caen) Cohade (Strasbourg) Bong (Metz) Martinez (Reims/loan return) Khiter (Vannes/loan return) Kadir (Amiens)
Out: Belmadi (free agent) Darcheville (free agent) Khiter (Strasbourg) Grondin (free agent) Jeovanio (free agent) Grondin (Paris SG)