Marked for José Ulloa
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match5 Feb 2029
Every point is an argument now for AC Ajaccio
Position 12 and 22 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
“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 The request is on a desk at AC Ajaccio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Feb 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AC Ajaccio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yanis Dabbous, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Djibril Diallo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AC Ajaccio, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Feb 2029
The captaincy has been taken off Jordan Sebban. AC Ajaccio will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Market10 Jul 2028
José Ulloa hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AC Ajaccio can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Samir Chergui 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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Manuel Amisano and AC Ajaccio agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jun 2028
“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 The request is on a desk at AC Ajaccio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Andy Delort 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 AC Ajaccio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jun 2028
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and AC Ajaccio know it.
Squad19 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Amine Karraoui
“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.
Squad19 Jun 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Thibault Campanini keeps the shirt for now, at AC Ajaccio's convenience rather than his own.
Market19 Jun 2028
No fee and no drama: Boubacar Diallo has signed at AC Ajaccio, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 Apr 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andy Delort and AC Ajaccio agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Apr 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AC Ajaccio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
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Market21 Feb 2028
Anthony Fosse has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around AC Ajaccio they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Stanis Idumbo 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Feb 2028
“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 AC Ajaccio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Stanis Idumbo 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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicolas Borodine commits to AC Ajaccio for another 2 years.
Market7 Feb 2028
Sidi Dioumarana is 19, and AC Ajaccio have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Carrera, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A new face in his position, and Antoine Mendy suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. AC Ajaccio have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.