Nader Saad

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The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market19 Jul 2027

The Khalis Merah talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Olympique Lyonnais know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Pathé Mboup 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.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Malick Fofana 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 Olympique Lyonnais, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Nov 2026

Rémy Descamps keeps Olympique Lyonnais in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match18 Nov 2026

The cup run ends for Olympique Lyonnais

0-1 against Le Havre AC, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Boardroom23 Nov 2026

Nobody left the Olympique Lyonnais dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Match21 Nov 2026

Olympique Lyonnais and Monaco take a point apiece

It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A long afternoon for Dominik Greif

Beaten 5 times, with 5 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.

Squad23 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Ugo Raghouber

“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.

In brief