Category — New Contracts

Bordeaux keeper Ulrich Rame has penned a one year extension to his contract with Les Girondins. The 37 year old stopper has been plying his trade with Bordeaux since 1997 and will now stay with them till the end of the 2010/11 season.

After averaging around 30 league appearances in previous seasons for Bordeaux, Rame has found opportunities hard to come by this year after the club signed Cedric Carrasso from Toulouse in the summer. In the 2009-10 season, Rame has only featured four times in Ligue 1 for the defending champions.

Portsmouth’s veteran goalkeeper David James and Toffees defender Joleon Lescott have signed extensions to their contracts. James will now stay at Fratton Park till the end of the 2009-’10 season while Lescott has pledged his future to Everton till the summer of 2012.

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Middlesbrough defender David Wheater has signed a new contract with the club which will see him stay at the Riverside for the next three and a half years. Wheater’s contract was due to expire in the summer, and the extension ensures that he will stay at Boro for the foreseeable future. The defender, who was born on Valentine’s Day, has been one of Boro’s more consistent players this season.

Wheater has represented England at the U-21 level and has been tipped by Fabio Capello as a future Three Lions star.