Lens Could Make a Late Transfer Move, Says Pundit
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Lens is a football club in France.
The transfer window is closing soon. This is the time when clubs can buy and sell players.
Lens has almost finished its business for this summer.
But a football expert, Jean-Louis Leca, thinks Lens could do one more thing.
He says Lens might make a late signing. A signing means buying a new player.
This happened before with a player called Florian Thauvin.
Lens signed him late in a past transfer window.
Leca thinks Lens could do the same thing again.
Fans want to know who the new player could be.
Nobody knows the name of the player yet.
We will know more when the transfer window closes.
Vocabulary5 words
- transfer window
- a time when football clubs can buy players
- signing
- a new player that a club buys
- pundit
- a person who gives opinions about sport
- club
- a team, like a football team
- deal
- an agreement to buy or sell something
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1. The transfer window 2. Jean-Louis Leca 3. False
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Lens is a football club in France.
The _____ is closing soon. This is the time when clubs can buy and sell players.
Lens has almost finished its _____ for this summer.
But a football expert, Jean-Louis Leca, thinks Lens could do one more thing.
He says Lens might make a late _____. A signing means buying a new player.
This happened before with a player called _____.
Lens signed him late in a past _____ window.
Leca thinks Lens could do the same thing again.
Fans want to know who the new player could be.
Nobody knows the name of the player yet.
We will know more when the transfer window _____.
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