The US Concarneau Courier
Market7 Jun 2027
Loïc Goujon hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Concarneau can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Valentin Cenatiempo says US Concarneau went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
The paperwork begins on Quentin Beunardeau
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. US Concarneau have done the hard part with Red Star, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
US Concarneau rebuffed over Louis Mafouta
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. EA Guingamp have kept their man, and US Concarneau go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad7 Jun 2027
A falling-out at US Concarneau
Francisco Sagardia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Djessine Seba gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Amadou Seydi asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Garland Gbelle loses the armband
The captaincy has been taken off Garland Gbelle. US Concarneau will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad7 Jun 2027
An aura around Tylel Tati
Where he used to play does most of his talking for him at US Concarneau. The room defers to it, the kids study it, and the only thing that can puncture it is a bad month.
In brief
- Boardroom Open for business: US Concarneau enter the window
- Squad US Concarneau have started building around Sacha Inquel
- The dugout Jimmy Halby-Touré has been promised minutes