Top 14 Orange
Toulon confirm Bastareaud deal
ESPNscrum Staff
July 9, 2011
Stade Francais centre Mathieu Bastareaud storms forward, Stade Francais v Agen, Top 14, Stade Charlety, Paris, France, March 12, 2011
Mathieu Bastareaud is quitting Stade Francais to link up with Toulon © Getty Images
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Toulon have announced the signing of Mathieu Bastareaud after the French international was granted an early release from his contract with Stade Francais.

The powerful centre had been hoping to force through a move to Toulon for weeks but the deal was being held up by Stade's refusal to allow one of their star players to leave before his contract with the club had expired.

However, after a meeting between Stade's new president, Thomas Savare, and his Toulon counterpart Mourad Boudjellal in Carcassonne on Thursday the transfer was given the green light.

Bastareaud has agreed a three-year contract with his new employers and now looks set to form a mouth-watering midfield partnership with another high-profile arrival at Toulon, Wallaby star Matt Giteau, who will move to France after this year's World Cup.

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