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Brazilian midfielder Michel Bastos (pictured) has just traded Lille, a team in which he played a leading role, for top French Ligue 1 flight Lyon, where he is more than certain to meet stiff competition.

Olympique Lyonnais new Argentine recruit Lisandro Lopez (pictured), who has joined the seven-time France Champions, has traded his spot in the FTBL Top 23 of the Portuguese league for the equivalent in the French Ligue 1.

Former Olympique Lyon forward and France international Karim Benzema is joining Real Madrid with the best rating of any striker now in the employ of the Madrilenes; he has 157 points at the moment.

Lyon forward Karim Benzema has finished the season with an overall rating of 160 points, the highest in the French Ligue 1 for any forward, while Bordeaux’s Yoann Gourcuff tops the rating of midfielders with 144.06 points.

Lyon forward and France international Karim Benzema (pictured left) grabbed the top spot in the FTBL rating of Ligue 1 forwards from Bordeaux’s Yoann Gourcuff in addition to the stop spot in the FTBL overall rating for the French league after his side’s