Ylan Aka

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
10 May 2029
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Marked for Ylan Aka

103 Edition

The Dijon Gazette

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 Jul 2028

A fracture rules Quentin Bernard out for 98 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dijon will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Fee done, terms next for Mohamed Abdelmonem

Dijon and OGC Nice have settled on $12.9M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market17 Jul 2028

Dijon turn down Angers SCO for Florian Bianchini

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Dijon bid $7.5M for Émile Louis

The offer went to Chamois Niortais this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

An offer of $2.4M for Charles Abi

Dijon have gone to Valenciennes with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Market17 Jul 2028

Ylan Aka 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 Dijon can pretend not to have heard.

Squad17 Jul 2028

A falling-out at Dijon

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

Squad17 Jul 2028

Real improvement from Sebastián Buitrago at Dijon

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

Squad17 Jul 2028

A row about effort at Dijon

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Clément Michelin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

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80 Edition

The Dijon Gazette

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Dijon agree $7.2M for Émile Louis

The clubs have shaken hands with Chamois Niortais; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Danny Namaso turns down Dijon

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: AJ Auxerre keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

The window shuts on the Lucas Tousart deal

Dijon ran out of time with Stade Brestois. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Dijon close the window on a squad of their own making

0 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Too dear: Dijon walk away from Issiaga Soumah

$740.0K was the most the club would pay and Olympique Lyonnais were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Tempers go at Dijon

Paul Delecroix 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.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Words at Dijon training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clément Michelin 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 dugout7 Feb 2028

Luís Silva 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 Feb 2028

Samy Chouchane 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.

In brief

79 Edition

The Dijon Gazette

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

$5.1M settles it between the clubs for Lucas Tousart

Stade Brestois have accepted the money. What Dijon do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Julien Domingues: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dijon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

An offer of $740.0K for Issiaga Soumah

Dijon have gone to Olympique Lyonnais with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

Gabriel Moscardo turns down Dijon

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Paris Saint-Germain keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Paul Delecroix 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 Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Clément Michelin 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.

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

Jagiellonia tell Dijon: Youssuf Sylla is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Ylan Aka signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ylan Aka commits to Dijon for another 5 years.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

No hiding place for Michaël Barreto

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michaël Barreto, and the manager let it.

In brief