Lille [ Images ] signed Ivory Coast international Salomon Kalou [ Images ] on Saturday in a bid to bolster their depleted forward line having sold Eden Hazard to the European champions.
The former Chelsea [ Images ] attacking midfielder has penned a four-year deal, the French club said in a statement.
Kalou, 26, had mostly been a bit-part player during his six years with the London [ Images ] club and was released after his last appearance in the Champions League [ Images ] final win over Bayern Munich [ Images ] in May.
The arrival at Stamford Bridge [ Images ] of Belgium wingers Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne, as well as German Marko Marin, had made Kalou's departure from Chelsea inevitable.
Lille, Ligue 1 champions in 2011 before finishing third last term, have also lost loan winger Joe Cole [ Images ] who has returned to his parent club Liverpool.
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