The Angers SCO Courier
Squad16 Jul 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nattio Sonnerat-Deschamps
43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Angers SCO lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Giovanni Reyna is a medical away from Angers SCO
The deal with RC Strasbourg is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market16 Jul 2029
Marius Savidan has said yes to Amiens SC
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Angers SCO have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market16 Jul 2029
Pape Cabral turns FC Villefranche down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Door shut on Eliezer Mayenda
Angers SCO asked and Monaco said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market16 Jul 2029
Baïla Diallo 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 Angers SCO can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Angers SCO baulk at the price for Fabian Nürnberger
Amiens SC wanted more than $1.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Tempers go at Angers SCO
Ousmane Camara 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.
Market16 Jul 2029
Sofyan Chader told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sofyan Chader has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Angers SCO.
In brief
- Squad Marius Savidan falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad A muscle injury and 16 days out for Abdaiyaan Vidal
- Transfer targets Angers SCO try to borrow Noé Verron