Casanova: Toulouse are light on numbers

Toulouse manager Alain Casanova expects it will be difficult to bring in transfer targets Adrien Rabiot and Yann Jouffre. Casanova is seeking reinforcements in his midfield after losing Franck Tabanou to Saint-Etienne, new signing Mihai Roman to a long-term Achilles injury, and Rabiot at the end of his loan spell from Paris Saint-Germain, while France international Etienne Capoue continues to be linked with Cardiff City. And he told La Depeche: "We cannot say it is finished, in terms of arrivals or departures. Etienne and Cheikh [M'bengue] are on the market and we are a little light on numbers. We lost four players at the end of the season and on top of that, Mihai will not be available all season and Franck has left for St Etienne. "For now, nothing is set in stone, but it the president feels we need something, he will do what he has to. But the club does not have extravagant finances." Rabiot spent the second half of last season with Le Tefece and is surely surplus to requirements given PSG's wealth of options. But Casanova said: "From our contact with Paris, I know it cannot be totally dismissed but it is difficult because there are plenty of clubs interested." An approach to Lorient for Jouffre is another option but Casanova admitted: "We have watched him and we are interested. He reminds me of [Etienne] Didot, but I think Yann has the potential to be slightly better. But he is with a rival club who will not give us any gifts." From: FiFa