Boumsong set to seal move to Panathinaikos

July 29, 2010

Lyon defender Jean-Alain Boumsong is on the verge of sealing a move to Greek side Panathinaikos after landing in Athens.

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Jean-Alain Boumsong will move on from Lyon.

Boumsong will have a medical and the deal will see him reunited with France team-mates Djibril Cisse and Sidney Govou.

''I have come here to win titles,'' he said. ''I don't want to say that I am a leader, I only want to do the best I can for my new new team.

''I am really happy to come to Panathinaikos. I know that I will be playing alongside Djibril and Sidney, and I'm happy about that.''

Boumsong spent four years with Cisse at Auxerre, while he has spent the past two years in the same Lyon side as Govou.

The 30-year-old also lists Le Havre, Rangers, Newcastle and Juventus among his former teams.

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