Lens sign France international Thauvin from Udinese / Photo: FRANCK FIFE - AFP
NYSE - LSE
| RBGPF | -2.92% | 76 | $ | |
| CMSC | -0.29% | 23.8 | $ | |
| BCC | -3.31% | 75.145 | $ | |
| GSK | 0.25% | 43.458 | $ | |
| SCS | -0.59% | 17.01 | $ | |
| NGG | 0.64% | 73.9 | $ | |
| RELX | 0.1% | 46.455 | $ | |
| RYCEF | -0.38% | 15.7 | $ | |
| RIO | 1.49% | 67.11 | $ | |
| JRI | -0.76% | 14.192 | $ | |
| AZN | 0.31% | 85.575 | $ | |
| CMSD | -0.2% | 24.402 | $ | |
| BCE | -0.86% | 23.16 | $ | |
| VOD | -0.75% | 11.275 | $ | |
| BTI | -0.4% | 51.035 | $ | |
| BP | 1.92% | 34.83 | $ |
Lens sign France international Thauvin from Udinese
French World Cup winner Florian Thauvin returned to Ligue 1 on Friday when Lens confirmed the signing of the 32-year-old attacking midfielder.
"We welcome Florian with immense pleasure and a certain pride, that of seeing a world champion join us," Jean-Louis Leca, the Lens sporting director was quoted as saying on the Lens website, next to a photograph of Thauvin signing a contract.
"Seeing a player of this quality and with this French international status join our project is very positive."
French media reported that Lens paid Udinese 6 million euros ($7 million) for Thauvin, who signed a contract until 2028. He was welcomed like a rock star by several hundred Lens fans on Tuesday evening at Lille-Lesquin airport.
Thauvin is the third 2018 World Cup winner to return to Ligue 1 this season, after Paul Pogba, who has joined Monaco, and Olivier Giroud, who has signed for Lille.
Lens finished eighth in Ligue 1 last season.
Thauvin has 10 France caps and made three appearances for France in the 2021 Olympics.
He started his career at Grenoble, made his Ligue 1 debut with Bastia and played for nearly a decade at Marseille, broken by a two-year period at Newcastle where he would spend much of that time on loan at the Velodrome before making his return permanent.
Thauvin then spent a season-and-a-half with Tigres in Mexico prior to joining Serie A outfit Udinese in January 2023.
V.Reding--LiLuX
