Young PSG Player Hermann Malonga Moves to Strasbourg
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Hermann Malonga is a young football player. He grew up at Paris Saint-Germain, a big French club. People call players like him a titi. A titi is a player who trains at a club from a young age.
Now Malonga is leaving Paris. He will join a new club called Strasbourg. Strasbourg is a football club in France.
This move happens in the transfer window. That is a time when clubs can buy and sell players. This news comes from the mercato, the French word for the transfer market.
Strasbourg wanted Malonga. They worked hard to get him. The news says Strasbourg 'took' the player from PSG. This means PSG did not want to lose him, but Strasbourg got him anyway.
Malonga is now ready to start his new life at Strasbourg. Fans want to see him play soon.
Vocabulary5 words
- Paris Saint-Germain
- a very big and famous football club in Paris
- titi
- a young player who trains at a club since he was a child
- Strasbourg
- a football club in the city of Strasbourg, France
- transfer window
- a time when football clubs can buy or sell players
- mercato
- a word for the football transfer market
Quiz
Answer key
1. Paris Saint-Germain 2. A player who trained at the club since he was young 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Hermann Malonga is a young football player. He grew up at Paris Saint-Germain, a big French _____.
People call players like him a _____.
Now Malonga is leaving Paris. He will join a new club called _____.
This move happens in the transfer _____.
This news comes from the _____, the French word for the transfer market.
Strasbourg wanted Malonga. They worked hard to _____ him.
The news says Strasbourg 'took' the player from _____.
Malonga is now ready to start his new _____ at Strasbourg.