The Paris FC Courier
Squad31 May 2027
A fracture rules Pierre-Yves Hamel out for 107 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Paris FC will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad31 May 2027
Jonathan Ikoné is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Paris FC will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad31 May 2027
Words exchanged at Paris FC
Otávio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad31 May 2027
Words at Paris FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luca Koleosho 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
No hiding place for Adama Camara
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adama Camara, and the manager let it.
Market31 May 2027
Paris FC sign Ezequiel, one for the future
Ezequiel 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 dugout31 May 2027
Obed Nkambadio 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
Adama Camara 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 Adama Camara is on it.
Market31 May 2027
Maxime Lopez linked with a move away
The name of Maxime Lopez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Paris FC say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Hamari Traoré a promise
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Ylan El Hadary