The RC Strasbourg Gazette
Market16 Aug 2027
RC Strasbourg say no — this time
The offer from Paris Saint-Germain for Joaquín Panichelli 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Mohamed Soumah asks to leave RC Strasbourg
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
RC Strasbourg rebuffed over Mamadou Diop
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AS Saint-Etienne have kept their man, and RC Strasbourg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Joaquín Panichelli 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 Strasbourg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Mohamed Soumah is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Demba Sy signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Demba Sy commits to RC Strasbourg for another 4 years.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
Sam Amo-Ameyaw has seen enough of SC Bastia
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at RC Strasbourg, and 3 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Demba Sy 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
The Keito Nakamura talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. RC Strasbourg know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout Diogo Sousa asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager makes Abdoulaye Ousmane a promise
- Squad Andrew Omobamidele starts on the language