The RC Lens Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Samson Baidoo out for 36 days
36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. RC Lens lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Willian Pacho at that price
RC Lens offered $43.3M; Paris Saint-Germain said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
RC Lens bid $21.9M for Théo Hernández
The offer went to Al-Hilal this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Sporting CP tell RC Lens: Gonçalo Inácio is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Robin Risser goes
FC Lorient paid $10.2M and RC Lens took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
RC Lens bid $4.1M for Gaëtan Laborde
The offer went to Al-Diriyah this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Andrija Bulatović goes
Monaco paid $5.7M and RC Lens took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market17 Aug 2026
RC Lens turn down Clermont Foot for Kyllian Antonio
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at RC Lens
Jean-Clair Todibo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Boardroom Graduation day at RC Lens
- Market RC Lens promote Marcel Schneider from within
- Squad Words at RC Lens training over how hard people work