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Bordeaux book Diawara signature

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

FC Girondins de Bordeaux have agreed to sign Senegal defender Souleymane Diawara from Charlton Athletic FC on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

FC Girondins de Bordeaux have agreed to sign Senegal defender Souleymane Diawara from Charlton Athletic FC on a four-year contract.

Undisclosed fee
The 28-year-old joins the French League Cup holders for an undisclosed fee, having switched to Charlton last summer from FC Sochaux-Montbéliard only for the English club to then suffer relegation from the Premier League. Bordeaux said: "Subject to a medical and some administrative details, Souleymane Diawara will join our squad at the first opportunity." The Ligue 1 outfit, who added defender Mathieu Chalmé, midfielder Alou Diarra and strikers David Bellion and Jussiê Ferreira in the close season and started their domestic campaign under new coach Laurent Blanc at the weekend with a 1-0 win against RC Lens, begin in the UEFA Cup next month.

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