{"id":439619,"date":"2011-06-11T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/11\/lens-defender-serge-aurier-reveals-he-is-in-talks-with-premier-league-clubs\/"},"modified":"2011-06-11T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T16:01:00","slug":"lens-defender-serge-aurier-reveals-he-is-in-talks-with-premier-league-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/11\/lens-defender-serge-aurier-reveals-he-is-in-talks-with-premier-league-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lens defender Serge Aurier reveals he is in talks with Premier League clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Will Jardine<\/h3>\n<h4>11 Jun 2011 17:01:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"75.8993288591\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Serge Aurier\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/121100\/121155_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Serge Aurier<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/38511\/serge-aurier\">Serge Aurier<\/a> could be on his way to the Premier League with both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> thought to be interested in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/france\/50\/rc-lens\">Lens<\/a> defender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 18-year-old has a contract that runs until 2015, but is likely to leave the French club after they were relegated France&#8217;s Ligue 1 and Aurier has admitted he has been in contact with English clubs.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It is true, contacts exist,&#8221; he told French newspaper <em>La Voix<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The English league is a place where I would improve in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s the league that best suits my qualities. Now, nothing says it will be next season and I am preparing to play in Ligue 2 with Lens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;But we must see what is best for me. I&#8217;m meeting the president and if he is satisfied, from an economic perspective, I would go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I will not be forcing my exit, if I have to stay at Lens, it will also be very good for my progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The main thing is that I know where I will be playing next season, and whether to stay or to go. I want to be fixed up before the resumption of training on June 22.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The French defender is valued at around \u20ac4 million(\u00a33.5m) with Steve Keen looking to replace Phil Jones, who is close to a switch to Manchester United.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/11\/2527808\/lens-defender-serge-aurier-reveals-he-is-in-talks-with\" title=\"Lens defender Serge Aurier reveals he is in talks with Premier League clubs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lens defender Serge Aurier reveals he is in talks with Premier League clubs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Will Jardine 11 Jun 2011 17:01:00 Serge Aurier Related Links Teams Players Serge Aurier could be on his way to the Premier League with both Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers thought to be interested in the Lens defender. The 18-year-old has a contract that runs until 2015, but is likely to leave the French club after they were relegated France&#8217;s Ligue 1 and Aurier has admitted he has been in contact with English clubs. &#8220;It is true, contacts exist,&#8221; he told French newspaper La Voix . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lens defender Serge Aurier reveals he is in talks with Premier League clubs - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/11\/lens-defender-serge-aurier-reveals-he-is-in-talks-with-premier-league-clubs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lens defender Serge Aurier reveals he is in talks with Premier League clubs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Will Jardine 11 Jun 2011 17:01:00 Serge Aurier Related Links Teams Players Serge Aurier could be on his way to the Premier League with both Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers thought to be interested in the Lens defender. 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