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The French champion club continues to successfully spend the money received from the sale of Michael Essien - last week the French team was joined by the Portuguese Tiago from London's Chelsea, and today the representatives of Lyon announced that they acquired the Brazilian forward Fred.
As reported, Lyon paid 15 million euros to the Brazilian club Cruzeiro for the 21-year-old forward. The player, who scored 40 goals in 43 matches in Brazil, signed a five-year contract with the French team.
Earlier, several other Ligue 1 clubs were also interested in this player, including teams such as Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, or Monaco.
It is worth mentioning that Fred is already the eighth forward in the Lyon team, so it is almost certain that one of the current players representing the team will leave in the near future.
Earlier, Lyon loaned the young Nilmar to another Brazilian club, Corinthians. Now there are rumors in the English press that a club from that country is seriously interested in Lyon's Sidney Govou, while former Arsenal forward Sylvain Wiltord is linked to another English team.
Recently, there were rumors that another Ligue 1 club tried to acquire Lyon's Pierre-Alain Frau, but Lyon coach Gerard Houllier strongly denied these claims and stated that he has no intention of letting go of this player.
Last Saturday, another leader of Lyon, Brazilian Juninho, extended his contract with the club. The thirty-year-old player committed to staying with the team until 2009 and expressed his desire to end his career as a player in Lyon.
