The FC Nantes Sentinel
Squad14 Sep 2026
Allan Saint-Maximin damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for FC Nantes
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around FC Nantes are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Matthis Abline runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Djibril Sidibé 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 FC Nantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market14 Sep 2026
Nabil Fekir wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at FC Nantes hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Match12 Sep 2026
Olympique de Marseille take the points off FC Nantes
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Fabien Centonze 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Chidozie Awaziem
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chidozie Awaziem, and the manager let it.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
José Nabil wants to come home
“I did not go to Paris Saint-Germain to sit and watch. I want to come back to FC Nantes and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Player ratings Jeppe Erenbjerg never got going
- Market Sacha Ziani placed on the list
- Market The market said no: Uroš Radaković stays put