Liverpool sign Mavinga

Liverpool have signed young French starlet Chris Mavinga from Paris Saint-Germain and extended the contract for Nabil El-Zhar.

Mavinga is a left back who has very little professional experience in the league.This could be seen as Rafa's strategy to improve for the future as the player is only 18 year old and could feature in Carling Cup and FA Cup ties.The length of the deal is not revealed.

This is Liverpool's second signing of the off the season after bringing in Glen Johnson from Portsmouth. The reds beat Arsenal to sign the young French defender.

Meanwhile, El Zhar has extended his contract with Liverpool which will now run until 2012.

The player arrived in 2006 from St.Etienne and had a decent last season making 19 appearances for the Merseysiders.He follows Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt, Agger, Benayoun in agreeing their future with the club.

Thuram announces retirement

Lillian Thuram announces retirement.



French defender Thuram has announced his retirement from the game.

This announcement comes after he was discovered to be suffering from a cardiac malformation during the month of June ahead of a prospective move to PSG.

Thuram had this to say in Parc des Princes,

"There are family reasons which have also been taken into account.

"I wanted to be the (Paolo) Maldini of PSG but that has not been possible. It's sad to end a career like this."

Thuram had been a player of Barcelona last season and was on the verge of signing for Paris Saint Germain but this decision would highly sadden the PSG fans and football fans all over as we see a great defender bowing out on a sad note.

Thuram to join PSG

Lilian Thuram is set to return to France and join PSG.


Lilian Thuram was released from Barcelona after a single season when he joined from Juventus after they were "relegated" to Serie B.He has retired from international football post France's debacle at Euro 2008.He is expected to be offered a single year contract with further extension at a later stage depending upon his performance.


UPDATE:While everyone waited for the announcement by Thuram and the French club,its been indicated that he has a heart defect which could end his career.His brother suffered from the same problem and died on a basketball court.He's set to undergo further tests which would decide his fate if he would be a professional footballer or a retired professional footballer.