Triaud: Silvestre bid hard

Silvestre is one of three targets Triaud has identified for his club this summer as Les Girondins look to improve on the second place they achieved in the recently-completed Ligue 1 campaign.

The other two names on Bordeaux's wish-list, Yoann Gourcuff of AC Milan and Yoan Gouffran of Caen, are likely to arrive in Triaud's view.

But attracting Silvestre away from England is seen as being more challenging.

"To get a player who is on an English salary is complicated," Triaud said in L'Equipe.

On the other two he added: "Negotiations with Gourcuff are more advanced than with Gouffran because that's the deal we started to work on first.

"These two players clearly interest us. But if the deals for them don't work out we'll look at other options."

Triaud also promised that no player will be leaving the Stade Chaban Delmas this summer as the club also prepares for a campaign in the Champions League.

"Forget all the noises you hear, there will be no departures," he insisted.

"All our players are under contract and also they really want to play in the Champions League with us.

"Our objective is to enrich our group."