The Paradou Post
Squad7 Sep 2026
Benaissa Fettouche damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Saïmon Bouabré at 20 — 8.39
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Saïmon Bouabré did not need any: 8.39, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market7 Sep 2026
Moncef Bisker asks to leave Paradou
“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.
Market7 Sep 2026
ES Setif come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Paradou did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Abdeldjalil Ould Ammar at Paradou
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Abdeldjalil Ould Ammar is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Paradou
Luke Baartman 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Paradou
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Paradou training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saïmon Bouabré 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 terraces7 Sep 2026
Paradou supporters have found a favourite in Saïmon Bouabré
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Saïmon Bouabré has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Paradou promote Karim Mahrez from within
- Market Bilal Tahrat steps up from the Paradou academy
- Match Saïmon Bouabré the difference as Paradou beat USM Alger