Laslandes makes Köln move
Monday, January 7, 2002
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Sunderland AFC striker Lilian Laslandes has joined 1. FC Köln on loan until the end of the season.
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Sunderland AFC striker Lilian Laslandes has joined 1. FC Köln on loan until the end of the season with a view to a permanent deal.
Only goal
The German club confirmed that the forward, whose only Sunderland goal came in the English League Cup against Sheffield Wednesday FC, signed on Monday after passing a medical.
'French international'
The French international has only started five FA Premiership games since his €5.6m summer move from FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Köln general manager Hannes Linssen said: "He will have a short-term and immediate impact, otherwise we wouldn't have signed him. After all, he's a French international and has much international experience."
Training camp
Laslandes, who has the option of a three-year deal at Köln, will join his new team-mates on Tuesday for a week-long training camp in Marbella. Köln are fourth-bottom of the 1. Bundesliga and resume their season following the winter break against TSV 1860 Munich on 26 January.
