No Newcastle or Arsenal bid for Gervinho says Lille’s Director of Football.
Posted on June 10th, 2011 | 41 Comments |
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:
“In fact, that is the only official contact we have recieved”
So, it appears that there have been no concrete offers received from either Newcastle United, or Arsenal for that matter, and that he haas not signed for Arsenal after all.
Gervinho scored 14 league goals for the Ligue One champions last season, and was also a big hit in the 2010 World Cup, where he played alongside Newcastle’s Cheick Tiote.
ps. Thanks to ‘Icedog’ for the heads up on this story!
Then if this is the case pardew get ya bid in quick and secure him to nufc