US EditionLens signs former France winger Florian Thauvin from Italian side Udinese
PAS-DE-CALAIS, HAUTS-DE-FRANCE, AUG 8 – Florian Thauvin returns to France's Ligue 1 with Lens on a three-year deal after scoring eight goals last season for Udinese in Italy's Serie A.
- On Friday, Lens secured a three-year deal with 32-year-old Florian Thauvin, the ex-France winger who captained Udinese in Italy’s Serie A last season.
- Thauvin joined Udinese in January 2023 after leaving Marseille and an unsuccessful stint at Mexican club Tigres.
- He captained Udinese last season, scored eight league goals, and totaled 15 goals in 73 appearances during his time there.
- According to French sports newspaper L'Equipe, Lens acquired Thauvin from Udinese for a reported fee of around 6 million euros , although the club itself has not revealed the financial terms.
- Thauvin's signing marks his return to Ligue 1 ahead of Lens opening their campaign at home to Lyon on Aug. 16 and hosting Lille on Sept. 21.
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On Friday, RC Lens announced Florian Thauvin's signature until 2028. Former Marseillais becomes the 3rd world champion 2018 to return to Ligue 1 this summer, after Paul Pogba and Olivier Giroud. - Mercato: after Pogba and Giroud, a new world champion arrives in Ligue 1 (Sports).
RC Lens formalized the arrival of its new number 10 Florian Thauvin until 2028 with a video inspired by the Simpsons this Friday.
Florian Thauvin joined RC Lens until 2028, confirmed on Friday August 8th the Ligue 1 club, three days after announcing a "total agreement" with the former 2018 world champion and Udinese, his last club in Italy. The 32-year-old French offensive milieu had been welcomed Tuesday night as a rock star by several hundred Lens fans on his arrival at Lille-Lesquin airport. "We welcome Florian with immense pleasure and pride, that of seeing a world cha…
Udinese football announced that he had sold Florian Thauvin to Lens, in Ligue 1. The French striker left Friuli after 73 overall appearances with 15 goals. (ANSA)
The former Marseillais, who had been playing since the winter of 2023 in Udinese, Italy, joined RC Lens on Friday. At 32, he returned to the French championship, with the ambition to give a new breath to his career.
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