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    Benzema auction begins, Gattuso attacks Amauri

    By Dominic Raynor

    Thursday, February 26, 2009

    This was the week in which Lyon president Jean Michel Aulas started to tout striker Karim Benzema around Europe, Middlesbrough told their fans to keep quiet, Jose Mourinho didn't say anything controversial and Gennaro Gattuso attacked Amauri. Aulas begins Benzema auction - Friday, February 20 "My departure is not topical," Lyon striker Karim Benzema said on Friday, but when club president Jean Michel Aulas revealed that Manchester City had failed with a huge bid in January and that "Barcelon ...

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