The US Creteil Herald
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the US Creteil board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The knee: Christophe Colin out for 43 days
43 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. US Creteil lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match19 Jul 2027
US Creteil are in real trouble now
Position 13, 12 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market19 Jul 2027
Lenny Leonil has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around US Creteil they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Fee done, terms next for Théo Guivarch
US Creteil and Clermont Foot have settled on $720.0K. 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Sofiane Bachiri puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Creteil, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at US Creteil
Ahmad Ngouyamsa 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.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Lucas Michal
US Creteil 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.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Oumare Tounkara
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Oumare Tounkara, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at US Creteil
- Market The shop window has Oumare Tounkara in it
- The dugout Zakaria Belkouche asks for a word with the manager