Article Type: Media Talk
1) Sylvain Marveaux was born in Vannes on April 15, 1986 and is the younger brother of Montpellier midfielder Joris Marveaux.
2) With both brothers competing in Ligue 1, they have met often on the field with Joris finishing the victor most of the time. The older Marveaux’s side beat Rennes 3-1 in February 2010 and scored twice.
3) The left winger, who can also play as an attacking midfielder and has been likened to Florent Malouda, graduated from the highly-rated Rennes youth academy where he counts Yoann Gourcuff as a former youth team-mate.
4) As well as playing with Gourcuff, he formed a good partnership at Rennes with Sunderland and Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan and set up many of his 14 goals.
5) On top of possessing all the attributes a highly sought after midfielder should do, he can also hit tremendous free-kicks...
6) He was forced to miss most of the 2008/09 season when he needed surgery on a torn hamstring and, having had a great campaign the following year, his injury curse has struck again. The midfielder has not played for his club since a 2-1 home win over Brest in November where he injured his groin. This same problem forced him to miss the start of the season too.
7) Despite the injury scares, his talents have still been recognised throughout Europe with Chelsea, Man United and West Ham – who made an offer last June – keeping an eye on him as well as France big-boys Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille.
8) Although it looked like Liverpool would be the ones to pounce when he was a guest in the Anfield director’s box in December, recent reports have suggested that the club have agreed a pre-contract to sign him at the end of the season when they will pick him up for nothing.
9) Kenny Dalglish will no doubt see his capture as someone to help provide strike duo Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez with the right service. It's also likely to put more pressure on Joe Cole, who has been disappointing since a high-profile free transfer from Chelsea in the summer.
10) Marveaux has scored four times in 11 matches for the France U-21s but has yet to make his full debut. Hint hint, Monsieur Blanc...
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