Ibrahim Faik

Central Defender - Paris FC
7 Nov 2029
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Marked for Ibrahim Faik

138 Edition

The Paris FC Courier

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Mar 2029

Every point is an argument now for Paris FC

Position 18 and 13 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad19 Mar 2029

Ibrahim Faik says Paris FC went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad19 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Paris FC

Ilan Kebbal 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.

Squad19 Mar 2029

Mathieu Cafaro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.41 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad19 Mar 2029

No hiding place for Maxime Lopez

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

Match17 Mar 2029

Paris FC come up short against FC Lorient

FC Lorient left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings19 Mar 2029

Mathieu Cafaro in the eights

A performance of 8.67 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings19 Mar 2029

Willem Geubbels leaves them behind him

Shots: 15. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

The terraces19 Mar 2029

Everybody has an opinion about Willem Geubbels

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

In brief

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The Paris FC Courier

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad11 Sep 2028

Ibrahim Faik keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Paris FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market11 Sep 2028

Maxime Lopez wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Paris FC hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Hamari Traoré 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 Paris FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match9 Sep 2028

Chamois Niortais take the points off Paris FC

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings11 Sep 2028

One of those days for Mathieu Cafaro

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.88, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad11 Sep 2028

The manager makes an example of Mathys Tourraine

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings11 Sep 2028

Jonathan Ikoné runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Ilan Kebbal knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ilan Kebbal trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Player ratings11 Sep 2028

The one thing Ilan Kebbal could not do

Shots: 11, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

81 Edition

The Paris FC Courier

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match12 Feb 2028

Nobody wants to play Paris FC right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Tempers go at Paris FC

Ilan Kebbal 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.

Player ratings14 Feb 2028

One of those days for Moses Simon

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.44, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match12 Feb 2028

Paris FC find a way past RC Lens

RC Lens made Paris FC work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Moses Simon is carrying Paris FC

5 goals and a season average of 7.47. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Obed Nkambadio stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Obed Nkambadio and Paris FC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings14 Feb 2028

A masterclass from Ilan Kebbal

Marked 8.38 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings14 Feb 2028

Willem Geubbels in the eights

A performance of 8.20 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Thibault De Smet 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.

In brief