The Stade Briochin Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hugo Boudin: 11 seasons and counting
226 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Stade Briochin know exactly what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hicham Benkaid signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Hicham Benkaid commits to Stade Briochin for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Pierre Dorival 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 Stade Briochin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Stade Briochin and Hicham Benkaid
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Stade Briochin try to borrow Alexis Mirbach
FC Nantes have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Stade Briochin try to borrow Quentin Ndjantou
Paris Saint-Germain have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Stade Briochin ask about Patrick Zabi
A loan enquiry to Stade de Reims: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Stade Briochin
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Guillaume Beghin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
Mathias Lopes told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Mathias Lopes has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Stade Briochin.
In brief
- Market Lucas Botherel leaves for nothing
- Market Axel Thomelier leaves for nothing