Strasbourg Agrees to Sell Player Guéla Doué to Leverkusen
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Guéla Doué plays football for Strasbourg in France. Strasbourg is also called Racing Club de Strasbourg.
Now, Doué will leave the club. Strasbourg has agreed a big sale of the player.
Doué is going to a new team. The new team is Bayer Leverkusen, from Germany.
This kind of move is called a transfer. Clubs buy and sell players in the transfer window.
Doué did not play in a recent match against Lens. People said this was because he was leaving Strasbourg.
Football fans often talk about this time of year. It is called the mercato, a French word for the transfer market.
Many players change clubs during this time. Big clubs pay a lot of money for good players.
Doué is a young talented player. His move shows he is a strong player.
Strasbourg and Leverkusen have not given all the details yet. But the deal looks close to finished.
Vocabulary15 words
- sale
- when something is sold
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new club
- transfer window
- a time when clubs can buy and sell players
- mercato
- a word for the football transfer market
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- deal
- an agreement between two sides
- match
- a game between two teams
- talented
- having a special skill
- join
- to become part of a group
- leave
- to go away from a place
- agreed
- said yes together
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- team
- a group of players
- young
- not old in age
- strong
- very good at something
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1. Strasbourg 2. Leverkusen 3. False
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Guéla Doué plays football for _____ in France.
Now, Doué will _____ the club.
Strasbourg has agreed a big _____ of the player.
Doué is going to a new team. The new team is Bayer _____, from Germany.
This kind of move is called a _____.
Doué did not play in a recent match against _____.
This time of year is called the _____, a French word for the transfer market.
Many players change _____ during this time.
Doué is a young _____ player.
The deal looks close to _____.
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