OM Defender Aguerd Will Not Join Real Sociedad After All
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Nayef Aguerd plays football for a club called OM. OM is a team in France. It is also called Marseille.
People said Aguerd would go to a new club. The new club is Real Sociedad. Real Sociedad is a team in Spain.
But now there is a change. Aguerd will not go to Real Sociedad. He will stay at OM.
This is a transfer story. A transfer is when a player moves from one club to another club.
News about this came from L'Équipe. L'Équipe is a French sports newspaper.
OM is also interested in another player. His name is Reiss Nelson. He plays for a different club now.
OM wants Nelson to join their team. This is called a transfer target. It means a club wants to buy a player.
Fans wait to see what happens next with both players.
Vocabulary15 words
- OM
- short name for the football club Marseille
- transfer
- when a player moves from one team to another team
- L'Équipe
- a French newspaper about sports
- transfer target
- a player that a club wants to buy
- defender
- a player who stops the other team from scoring
- club
- a sports team that people play for
- deal
- an agreement between two clubs about a player
- join
- to become part of a team
- reportedly
- people say this, but it is not fully sure
- move
- to change from one club to another
- stay
- to not leave; to remain
- interested
- wanting something
- news
- information about new things that happen
- change
- when something becomes different
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. OM 2. No, he will stay at OM 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Nayef Aguerd plays football for a club called _____. OM is a team in France. It is also called Marseille.
People said Aguerd would go to a new club. The new club is _____. Real Sociedad is a team in Spain.
But now there is a _____. Aguerd will not go to Real Sociedad. He will _____ at OM.
This is a _____ story. A transfer is when a player moves from one club to another club.
News about this came from _____. L'Équipe is a French sports newspaper.
OM is also interested in another _____. His name is Reiss Nelson. He plays for a different club now.
OM wants Nelson to join their team. This is called a transfer _____. It means a club wants to buy a player.
Fans wait to see what happens next with both _____.