Doumeng ready to leave the club

Tracked by clubs from League 2, Geoffrey Doumeng is ready to leave. Not used by Wallemme this season, the middle waits. He said for France Football:

"There are contacts. Waiting to see what happens and if best opportunities may arrive. I have until 31 to decide."

Which descision for Thomas Hovine ?

RC Lens has benefited from this friendly match against FK Pelister Bitola to test the young Belgian midfielder Thomas Hovine, 19 years old. Lens' staff should take a decision quickly on him cause he is free of any contract after the bankruptcy of Mouscron. Zulte Waregem is also interested...

Lens vs. Pelister : 4-0

Lens won their friendly match against Pelister Bitola on the score of 4-0. The first goal was scored by Kevin Monnet-Paquet on a pass from Kanga Akale after fourteen minute. Eduardo doubled four minutes later on a penalty kick. Sébastien Roudet scored in the 37th. Toifilou Maoulida scored the last goal in the 65th. Note that Thomas Hovine, testes, was first-choice.

The composition of the first period:
Runje - Demont, Sartre, Chelle, Ramos - Hovine, Hermach - Monnet-Paquet, Roudet, Akala - Eduardo.

The composition of the second period
Atrous - Aurier, Sartre, Yahia, Ramos - Hovine, Remy, Monrose, Monnet-Paquet - Eduardo, Maoulida.

Lens tell Portsmouth to pay up

Portsmouth are being sued by French side Lens over unpaid transfer fees for striker Aruna Dindane and defender Nadir Belhadj. Lens claim Pompey went back on a deal to buy €4m-rated Dindane permanently once he played 11 games.

The Premier League’s bottom club, believed to be around €40m in debt, are claimed to have also failed to keep up their instalments for Belhadj’s €4.2m move.

Lens president Gervais Martel said: “We are working on it. The Portsmouth case is not only Dindane. It is also the money for Belhadj, which has not arrived. We are taking action against the club through the European football tribunals as well as the civil courts."

“We have to move forward on the assumption Portsmouth cannot afford to pay us. It’s a deal that has been done since he had to play 11 games to activate the option to buy. He has already played 11 games.”

The south-coast side are already subject to a Premier League transfer embargo over money owed to Chelsea, Watford and Rennes.

An offer of 4.5 million for KMP?

Olympiakos, the greek club, think of buying Kevin Monnet-Paquet during the winter period of transfer.

After being snubbed for the first time by Olympique de Marseille on Hatem Ben Arfa's file, the Piraeus club would be ready to activate the runway leading to the young striker of Lens, who has already been supervised three times a year by the Hellenic club.

If Olympiakos would definitely give up Ben Arfa, he could then put four and a half million euros on the table for the player formed in La Gaillette.