Premier League - Givet signs for Blackburn

Eurosport - Fri, 26 Jun 19:42:00 2009

Blackburn Rovers have completed the signing of Olympique Marseille defender Gael Givet for an undisclosed fee.

FOOTBALL Blackburn defender Gael Givet, who joined on a permanent deal from Marseille. - 0

The 27-year-old former France international has signed a four-year deal at Ewood Park having spent the second half of last season on loan from Marseille.

His versatility at being able to play at left-back and centre-half helped him settle very quickly into English football and Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce, who brought in the Frenchman in January, had no hesitation in offering him a permanent deal.

"It is a critical signing. Gael made a massive impact last season while on loan here and I think he can get even better," said the Rovers boss.

"A player coming from abroad would usually need a fair amount of time to adjust to the different culture, the different climate and the different way of doing things.

"This lad took about two weeks to find his feet. It isn't often that a player makes such a massive contribution from day one, particularly in January."

PA Sport

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  1. Burgess the real honours is we still owned by­ local(owner who born & grow up in blackburn)­ compared to the give their soul to outsider. For what­ keep asking team to win while the fact is we’re losing­ the right & ownership to other? So do you still­ call it pride my friends?

    From duke.pistolero, on Sat 27 Jun 7:46AM
  2. Just compared major honours and i think its 12-12 , but­ decided to give the edge to Rovers because we won the­ most recent . Please take note , its MAJOR HONOURS and­ not 2nd and 3rd division titles, which im sure you­ would agree shouldnt really count.

    From PATRICIA, on Fri 26 Jun 8:49PM
  3. Ive just stopped laughing . You have a great sense of­ humour. These words coming from a City fan, i wouldnt­ be so cruel as to call you the laughing stock of the­ Prem. The business with Kaka , who incidently wouldnt­ sign for City at 110 mil, yet not too many months later­ signs for Madrid for 70 mil to help Milans financial­ problems . Going on achievements alone , which is all­ you can judge a team by , i think you will find Rovers­ are just a bit more successful. N ow if you want to go­ by attendences then i concede , but that just shows how­ badly your team is run , and i just keep comming back­ to Kaka. I hope Roque fits in somewhere with­ Bellamy,Robinho,Tevez , doesnt add up to me and feel­ that it is in other areas you need to strengthen, i.e­ defence . Hughes' teams always concede goals. I­ have a feeling he might come for Warnock or even Samba,­ they might not be the answer.

    From PATRICIA, on Fri 26 Jun 8:26PM
  4. mike your a @#$% ha ha glory hunting little peenarse!

    From chris, on Fri 26 Jun 8:11PM
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    From , on Fri 26 Jun 7:45PM
  6. Ok , youve obviously used science to come to the­ "only a Championship team at best" theory .­ On attendences you are probably right , but on facts­ and figures how can you say a team that finishes 15 in­ prem should be championship . Robinson­ (international),Emerton(international),Nelson(internati­ onal),Samba (international),Warnock­ (international),Pederson(international),Reid(internatio­ nal),Diouf(international),Grella(international),Mcarthe­ y(international),Roberts (underated) thats some team­ ,certainly worthy of Prem. Come on Mike tell us your­ team .

    From PATRICIA, on Fri 26 Jun 7:02PM
  7. burgess the truth hurts doesnt it. Youre not a premier­ team, end of.. Youre a championship at best.
    dont even­ start with the argument of followers.. when you won the­ title you didnt even fill the stadium.

    as i said­ before championship team at best. lousy manager and­ even worse players.. not forgetting the sheep shaggers­ that follow them

    From mike, on Fri 26 Jun 6:49PM
  8. Now mike , weve actually got the best supported team in­ the Prem if you go by average attendance to population­ of Blackburn. So i fear your stupidty is shinning­ through again . As for the old chestnut that we bought­ the Prem , i really dont think you can say that, every­ team that has won the Prem has spent money and a lot­ more than Rovers did . Back in 94-95 all the usual­ suspects had teams that were seen as worth more than­ Blackburn. Look forward to your next words of wisdom .­ Mind you im a bit worried , your second comment made­ more sense than the first.

    From PATRICIA, on Fri 26 Jun 6:46PM
  9. anyway sheepos speak later baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    From mike, on Fri 26 Jun 6:27PM
  10. yep I remember several years ago you BOUGHT the premier­ league title and what happened HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA now­ youve got no fan base worth anything and your team is­ bobbins... lets face it nobody decent wants to go­ there.. good championship team but thats it

    From mike, on Fri 26 Jun 6:26PM
  11. just realised i spelt paid wrong on my last­ comment,well said duke as for mike blackburn is run­ purely on money generated and we have no debts unlike­ almost every other prem club so we cant go spend stupid­ money only supposedly great players who usually­ flop.but we can spend it on players like givet who were­ very impressive towards the end of the season good buy­ me thinks.

    From total27, on Fri 26 Jun 6:21PM
  12. Mike what an intelligent sort of guy you are . You are­ obviously new to football supporting . This is the way­ football works . I would also like to know who you­ support . Even the biggest team in the world (Man U,­ alledgedly) have just had to sell their best player­ (Ronaldo ) , it was in the news a couple of weeks ago ,­ probably before you joined football supporting .­ Blackburn are one of only 4 teams to have won the Prem­ . Maybe you are a southern Liverpool or Man U fan . So­ your arguement is flawed if you are a United fan , and­ most of my Northern Liverpool fan mates would rather­ have won the prem than the Champs League, which does­ seem beyond them. As for Givet , he looked good last­ season . Im a bit sad we let Derbyshire go , but happy­ to go with what Sam thinks .

    From PATRICIA, on Fri 26 Jun 4:45PM
  13. You can say Blackburn @#$% & lost the best player­ but remember their far still pride because the club­ still owned by local people.
    I feel weird about the­ other because they still proud even they lost the club­ to foreigner.
    At least at Blackburn the British still­ in charge & have the power.
    Funny right…

    From duke.pistolero, on Fri 26 Jun 4:32PM
  14. and who do you support mike probably a glory supporter­ go and comment on which over payed players your clubs­ buying.

    From total27, on Fri 26 Jun 3:52PM
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    who ffing cares blackburn are cra p and you lose all­ your best players.......now get out and buy a pint of­ mild you sad sheep shaggers

    From mike, on Fri 26 Jun 3:31PM
  16. nice player are coming, couple to come ;)
    cmon cardozo­ and zidan, we're counting on you...

    From mikharenta, on Fri 26 Jun 12:25PM
  17. Good buy for Rovers... :)

    From Maj3091, on Fri 26 Jun 12:17PM
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