The Valenciennes Post
Match8 Jun 2037
Valenciennes up to position 3
41 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market8 Jun 2037
Only the photograph left for Nathan Cooper
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nathan Cooper will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Valenciennes the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market8 Jun 2037
Kaidon Robinson asks to leave Valenciennes
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom8 Jun 2037
Valenciennes to lose Raphaël Dehorter for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Raphaël Dehorter has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad8 Jun 2037
Tempers go at Valenciennes
Daou Diomandé was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Jun 2037
Alexander Guidetti will join Valenciennes for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Alexander Guidetti has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Valenciennes have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad8 Jun 2037
Words at Valenciennes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nathan Cooper is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Jun 2037
Benoît Brunet signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Benoît Brunet and Valenciennes agree another 4 years.
Market8 Jun 2037
The Olan Lamaille-Dacalor conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Stade Lavallois will make the call about Olan Lamaille-Dacalor this week. Valenciennes have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
In brief
- Squad Djibril Diagouraga gets it from the manager
- Market Valenciennes pick up Stéphane Schneider for nothing