Xavier Wata

Right Midfielder - FC Metz U20
22 Feb 2028
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Marked for Xavier Wata

53 Edition

The FC Metz Sentinel

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Aug 2027

The knee: Xavier Wata out for 14 days

14 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. FC Metz lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market2 Aug 2027

Jessy Deminguet attracts admirers

The name of Jessy Deminguet has come up in conversations FC Metz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market2 Aug 2027

FC Metz say no — this time

The offer from Amiens SC for Nathan Gnémagnon was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at FC Metz

Jessy Deminguet and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad2 Aug 2027

A row about effort at FC Metz

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

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

FC Metz rebuffed over Marcos Antonio

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. LOSC Lille have kept their man, and FC Metz go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Ibou Sané has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and FC Metz will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

Market2 Aug 2027

The Cristian Devenish conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: USL Dunkerque will make the call about Cristian Devenish this week. FC Metz have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

Mehdi Chahiri has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mehdi Chahiri has written the date down.

In brief

Back issues
52 Edition

The FC Metz Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Jul 2027

The knee: Xavier Wata out for 23 days

23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. FC Metz lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market26 Jul 2027

Bilel Aouacheria 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 FC Metz, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Tempers go at FC Metz

Jessy Deminguet 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.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words at FC Metz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Fischer 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.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Door shut on Danilo

FC Metz asked and Olympique Lyonnais 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 dugout26 Jul 2027

No hiding place for Bilel Aouacheria

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

Market26 Jul 2027

Amiens SC watching Nathan Gnémagnon

The interest is real enough to have reached print. FC Metz have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad26 Jul 2027

FC Metz are still strangers to each other

14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Market26 Jul 2027

FC Metz bring in Everson Pereira on loan

A season-long audition: Montpellier HSC still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are FC Metz's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

In brief

51 Edition

The FC Metz Sentinel

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Jul 2027

The knee: Xavier Wata out for 31 days

31 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. FC Metz lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market19 Jul 2027

FC Rouen come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and FC Metz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Jessy Deminguet 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 FC Metz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

FC Metz baulk at the price for Julien Fabri

SC Bastia wanted more than $89.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

Door shut on Abakar Sylla

FC Metz asked and RC Strasbourg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Hillel Konaté signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Hillel Konaté commits to FC Metz for another 3 years.

Squad19 Jul 2027

No place for Amine Moussaoui in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation FC Metz are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market19 Jul 2027

Jonathan Fischer linked with a move away

The name of Jonathan Fischer keeps appearing in other people's back pages. FC Metz say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

A door opens for Bilel Aouacheria

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

50 Edition

The FC Metz Sentinel

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Jul 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Xavier Wata

40 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. FC Metz lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market12 Jul 2027

Michel Mboula says no to Valenciennes

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Michel Mboula had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market12 Jul 2027

FC Metz turn down Lommel for Giorgi Kvilitaia

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

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Paris FC tell FC Metz: Ilan Kebbal 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.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Michel Mboula signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Michel Mboula and FC Metz agree another 4 years.

Market12 Jul 2027

FC Metz sign Hillel Konaté for $280.0K

The paperwork is done: Hillel Konaté joins from ESTAC Troyes in a deal worth $280.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

FC Metz make their move for Julien Fabri

$89.0K on the table at SC Bastia. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Jonathan Fischer 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.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Tempers go at FC Metz

Maxime Colin 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.

In brief