The SC Bastia Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
9 seasons of Anthony Roncaglia
99 appearances across 9 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and SC Bastia know what they have.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
SC Bastia make their move for Timothée Kolodziejczak
$590.0K on the table at Paris FC. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mehdi Merghem stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mehdi Merghem and SC Bastia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mehdi Merghem in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at SC Bastia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Maxime Blé was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Racing Genk tell SC Bastia: Ken Nkuba 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.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
SC Bastia supporters have found a favourite in Loup-Diwan Guého
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Loup-Diwan Guého has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Johny Placide calls time on his country
“76 caps was 76 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 38 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from SC Bastia.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
SC Bastia ask about Luck Zogbé
A loan enquiry to Stade Brestois: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Mamadou Diakhon is in the works
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Loup-Diwan Guého
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Alexandre Duval on the draw