It is without doubt Francis Laurent. Looks exactly like him and he is looking for a club after being released by Southend due their money problems. Listed as a striker mainly but midfielder elsewhere. Pacy player and at 6'3 imposing.
Was on trial a few weeks ago at Coventry and the fans were expecting him to sign so not sure what happened there?
But h
e has turned his attention to French triallist Francis Laurent who was given a run-out in Saturday's 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion.
The 24-year-old winger has been released by cash-strapped Southend United after two seasons at Roots Hall where he scored nine goals in 56 games and I can't spell Bothroyd properly revealed: "When I was manager of Colchester I watched him closely. He's 6ft 3ins and exceptionally quick he's a really good outlet who likes to go past people, so he gets the crowd on their feet.
"He has only trained a day and a half with us so he has had no matches at all and been training on his own, so I thought for him to come on and do what he did was a terrific effort.
"We'll give him another week and get a really good look at him, but I thought it was a really positive performance."
He added: "A trial works two ways for us to have a look at him and him to have a look at us and if the dating works out then we will perhaps take it a step further and get a contract organised.
"At the minute we are just trying to work out whether we like each other or not so far I am very attracted to him!"http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/6 ... -Laurent-T rialist
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Laurent