Contrary to the reports of Sky Sports that St Etienne dynamo Blaise Matuidi was in London last night are not true according to my links at the base where his team are preparing under Alain Perrin.
St Etienne are currently based in the south of France, Chambon-sur-Lignon, and yesterday the team went through it's paces on their arrival, and after some fitness work, they began working with the ball, and the central midfield pairing of Matuidi and captain Loic Perrin moving around together. Training finished in the late afternoon.
Today, the team began training just before noon, and followed roughly the same routine, but this is a team already deep into it's preparatins after a disasterous season where they just escaped relegation despite having a talented squad. Matuidi was present and joking with Bafe Gomis and Dabo, whom he trained with closely today.
If Matuidi was able to 'sneak' out and be in two places at once, he really is a special human being! There is talk of Gelson Fernandes in the French papers joining the Geeens, in the anticipation of Blaise leaving, however this has yet to be put in motion.
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