Le Tallec reveals France dream
Liverpool’s Anthony Le Tallec is hoping his move to Sochaux will allow him to catch the eye of France coach Raymond Domenech.
The 21-year-old forward has signed a one-year loan deal with the Ligue 1 club.
“Sochaux is an ideal club for me, it will allow me to grow and develop as a football player,” he told www.fcsochaux.fr. “I am eager to grow with Sochaux.
“I have experienced a lot of things for a guy of my age and I believe I have gained mental strength from that.
“I hope I will soon play with France’s Under-21 team again, but I am also hoping to be called up by France at some point. Raymond Domenech likes players who play in France.”
Le Tallec has not been involved in Liverpool’s pre-season, but he hopes he will be fit enough to play for Sochaux against Paris St Germain at the weekend.
That decision will be taken by coach Alain Perrin, who was delighted to have signed the former Le Havre prodigy.
“I have been following his career since he started playing football and I always found him very impressive,” the ex-Portsmouth manager said.
Le Tallec joined the Reds along with countryman Florent Sinama-Pongolle for a combined £6m (€8.8m) in the summer of 2003, but has found first-team football hard to come by at Anfield.
In the past three years, he has been loaned out to Le Havre and St Etienne, then spent the 2005-06 season at Sunderland as they were relegated from the Premiership.
