The RC Lens Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
RC Lens make their move for Willian Pacho
$43.3M on the table at Paris Saint-Germain. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $13.1M for Diego Coppola
RC Lens have gone to Paris FC with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
RC Lens turn down Paris Saint-Germain for Odsonne Édouard
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
RC Lens baulk at the price for Yacine Adli
Al-Shabab wanted more than $14.0M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
RC Lens bid $2.1M for Soriba Diaoune
The offer went to LOSC Lille this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Robin Risser raises the bar for RC Lens
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at RC Lens heard it as anything else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Florian Thauvin stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Florian Thauvin and RC Lens agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jean-Clair Todibo 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 RC Lens this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at RC Lens
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ruben Aguilar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Ruben Aguilar
- The dugout Florian Thauvin knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Still no ink between RC Lens and Giovan Errichiello