Banter 2009/2010

After the rumour about Toulalan yesterday, today is the turn of Kevin Gameiro from Lorient ... We would be interested by this player to use him as a sub for Pato.
It looks like other Italian clubs would be interested by him, and Marseille also tried to have him at the last summer mercato.

He is a 22yo striker (but he has the profile to be able to play on the wing) ... he is small/average (1.68) but he's fast. Technically good, his strenght is his moves. He always runs and tries to offer solutions to his partners.

He never was called by Domenech but Portugal tried to take him at the end of the last season (he refused).

His statistics:

2005-2006: Strasbourg (Ligue 1), 8 games played, 1 goal
2006-2007: Strasbourg (Ligue 2), 16 games played, 3 goals
2007-2008: Strasbourg (Ligue 1), 34 games played, 6 goals
2008-2009: Lorient (Ligue 1), 37 games played, 11 goals, 8 passes
2009-2010: Lorient (Ligue 1), 26 games played, 10 goals, 4 passes

He also scored in the two League Cup games he played (against Grenoble in 1/16 finals, 1-0 win, and against Lyon in 1/4 finals, 1-0 win too).

Lorient bought him 3M two seasons ago. If they were to sell him, he would cost something like 6-7M (Lorient is a small club).

Just on a side note: Gourcuff is the coach of Lorient ... yes, Christian Gourcuff, of course, the father !! The problem after what happened with his son is that he could advice to Gameiro not to come in Milan.