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Boli: Could earn stay

Yannick Boli: 'Please Luggy, let me be a Shrimper, I won't ask for too much money'

The Shrimpers reserve-team boss and veteran centre-back Graham Coughlan said in midweek that triallist striker Yannick Boli could earn a permanent deal with the club after scoring again against the Farmers seconds in his side's 4-2 win.

Frenchman Boli followed up his goal in the Blues Two's triumph over Stevenage last week by scoring one, assisting with another, and winning a penalty in the away victory, which sadly Lee Sawyer missed.

Coughlan was impressed enough to say at the time: "Yannick was a real livewire in attack and was certainly a handful for them to deal with. He scored, won a penalty and created another one of the goals, so he did well. But it will be up to the manager if we decide to offer him a deal."

Well, his agent, and it is in their interest of course, has bigged up the possibilty of a deal going ahead, and with rumours that he would break the bank so the move was 'unlikely', it seems that may not be the case.

www.echo-news.co.uk have posted that Boli's agent Noful El Abbassi said: "We're not asking for a lot. He's training again with the team today and I would expect it to be sorted out before weekend."

Depend whose bank they are talking about but is Blues boss Paul Sturrock losing patience with the time it's taking for last season's top scorer Barry Corr to return to full fitness?

Though available on a free transfer Blues boss Paul Sturrock said: '"I have to decide if he can go from playing for Paris Saint Germain to playing at Macclesfield Town on a cold, wet Tuesday night. We're also right on our playing budget so there's plenty to think about."

The old 'cold Tuesday night in Stoke' argument, interesting to see what Luggy decides

The agent also claimed the Shrimpers were still interested in former Tranmere Rovers centre-back Maxine Blanchard, who has also had a reserve outing, which would put him above the ex-Plymouth defender Krisztian Timar who played with Boli against Stevenage and has been reprted as training with the first team squad.

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Maxime Blanchard

Centre-half who turned out 20 times for Tranmere Rovers in League One, but was released at the end of last season.

Thanks to popular Tranmere fansite www.thecowsheds.co.uk for the following factfile about the Frenchman.

FACTFILE

Full name: Maxime Blanchard
Nationality: French
Date of birth: 27/10/1986
Previous clubs: Laval, L'Entente SSG, Moulins

Born in Alençon in the Normandy region of France, Blanchard made nearly 100 appearances in French football before leaving Moulins in June in order to seal a move to England.

Tranmere boss Les Parry handed Blanchard a trial with Rovers and, after spending several weeks at the club, he earned a one year contract. He made his competitive debut as a sub away to Huddersfield, playing in a deep-lying midfield role.

He impressed the Rovers fans at the game with his aerial ability and reading of the game, and was given his first start for the club at centre back in the Carling Cup tie with Swansea City ten days later.

The Blanchard Files

Personal information
Full name	Maxime Blanchard
Date of birth	September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	Alençon, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2008	Laval	26	(0)
2008–2009	L'Entente SSG	35	(1)
2009–2010	Moulins	35	(1)
2010–2011	Tranmere Rovers	20	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:50, 30 April 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for full player info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Blanchard)

The Boli Files

Personal information
Full name	Yannick Boli
Date of birth	13 January 1988 (1988-01-13) (age 23)
Place of birth	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Paris Saint Germain
Number	29
Youth career
200?–2005	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005–2007	Paris Saint-Germain II	29	(5)
2007–	Paris Saint-Germain	2	(0)
2008–2009	→ Le Havre (loan)	11	(0)
National team
2008–	Côte d'Ivoire	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannick_Boli)

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Last updated : 21 October 2011 By westfield shrimper