Wednesday 5 September 2007 10:41, UK
Former Manchester City defender Hatem Trabelsi is expected to join Le Mans.
The Tunisia international was deemed surplus to requirements at the City of Manchester Stadium and released in the summer, and is now expected to move to Ligue 1.
Marseille are also thought to be keen to sign the 30-year-old, but Le Mans chairman Henri Legarda claims the club is close to agreeing a deal with the former Ajax man.
"Trabelsi is our priority," he told L'Equipe.
"Now we want to meet him to find out if he really wants to join us."
