The Paris FC Courier
Market18 Jan 2027
Paris FC turn down FC Lorient for Rudy Matondo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Diego Coppola pops up at the right end — 7.50
7.50, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Diego Coppola signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Diego Coppola and Paris FC agree another 5 years.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Diego Coppola 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 Paris FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Djibril Sidibé falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Maxime Lopez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maxime Lopez, and the manager let it.
Match16 Jan 2027
Honours even between Paris FC and Stade Brestois
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market18 Jan 2027
Paris FC sign Lodovico, one for the future
Lodovico is 20, and Paris FC have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The terraces18 Jan 2027
The spotlight tightens on Pierre Lees-Melou
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
- Player ratings Jonathan Ikoné never got going
- Player ratings Ilan Kebbal runs at them all day
- Player ratings Samir Chergui never got going