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No Newcastle or Arsenal bid for Gervinho says Lille’s Director of Football.

June 10th, 2011 | 41 Comments |

Gervinho.
Gervinho: No bids from Newcastle or Arsenal.
While it has recently been announced by ‘Talk Sport’ that Newcastle United target, Gervinho, has signed for Arsenal, it has been revealed by the Director of Football of the player’s current club, Lille OSC, that neither club have even made an offer for the Ivory Coast player yet.

Rather, he has told the French media that Tottenham have been the only club to actually make a bid for the player so far, and that it has been turned down.

Lille’s Director of Football, Frédéric Paquet, or ‘Fred Package’ in English said of Gervinho’s proposed move:

“Today we recieved a concrete offer from Tottenham, which we have refused in the last few hours.”

He then added, interestingly: (more…)