Ylan El Hadary

Central Midfielder - Valenciennes
12 Nov 2026
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Marked for Ylan El Hadary

10 Edition

The Valenciennes Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Oct 2026

Santiago de Ossa breaks a bone — 90 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 90 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Benoît Costil signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Benoît Costil commits to Valenciennes for another 2 years.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Ylan El Hadary is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Valenciennes

Samir Belloumou 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.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

95% of the income goes out in wages at Valenciennes

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Market5 Oct 2026

Experience through the door at Valenciennes

Benoît Costil arrives at 39 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Market5 Oct 2026

Experience through the door at Valenciennes

Brian Rowe arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Thibault Maréchal gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Thibault Maréchal is on it.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

The manager makes Samir Belloumou a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Valenciennes. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Valenciennes Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Sep 2026

Santiago de Ossa breaks a bone — 98 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 98 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Age has not caught Gaëtan Courtet yet — 8.06

At 37 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.06 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Alexi Koum at Valenciennes

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Alexi Koum is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Match26 Sep 2026

Valenciennes end the wait against FC Rouen

It had gone 6 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Squad28 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Valenciennes

Romain Thomas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match26 Sep 2026

Valenciennes see off FC Rouen

Three points for Valenciennes, 1‑0 the final word against FC Rouen in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Samir Belloumou 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.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Charles Abi 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 dugout28 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Michel Le Gall kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief