Naïm Oubekhti

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148 Edition

The Le Havre AC Chronicle

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom28 May 2029

The scrutiny sharpens at Le Havre AC

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Le Havre AC is running low.

Market28 May 2029

Ahmadou Bello 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 The request is on a desk at Le Havre AC, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 May 2029

Tempers go at Le Havre AC

Ayumu Seko 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.

Squad28 May 2029

Words at Le Havre AC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rassoul Ndiaye 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.

Squad28 May 2029

Valentín Vignoli is a square peg at Le Havre AC

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market28 May 2029

The Ilies Belmokhtar question follows Le Havre AC around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ilies Belmokhtar’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout28 May 2029

Ismaïl Bouneb gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ismaïl Bouneb is on it.

Market28 May 2029

Le Havre AC put Junior Mwanga up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Junior Mwanga may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

The dugout28 May 2029

Abdoulaye Mariko asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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144 Edition

The Le Havre AC Chronicle

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom30 Apr 2029

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Le Havre AC

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market30 Apr 2029

Yassine Loubane asks to leave Le Havre AC

“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.

Squad30 Apr 2029

A row about effort at Le Havre AC

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

Squad30 Apr 2029

Benoît Sida 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 Le Havre AC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Bissenty Gomis asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market30 Apr 2029

The Ilies Belmokhtar question follows Le Havre AC around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ilies Belmokhtar’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Ismaïl Bouneb gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ismaïl Bouneb is on it.

Market30 Apr 2029

The shop window has Junior Mwanga in it

Le Havre AC have let the market know Junior Mwanga can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Market30 Apr 2029

Still no ink between Le Havre AC and Naïm Oubekhti

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Le Havre AC, another week without a signature from Naïm Oubekhti.

In brief

125 Edition

The Le Havre AC Chronicle

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market18 Dec 2028

Naïm Oubekhti 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 Le Havre AC can pretend not to have heard.

Market18 Dec 2028

Rassoul Ndiaye wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Le Havre AC hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad18 Dec 2028

A falling-out at Le Havre AC

Issa Soumaré and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Words at Le Havre AC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daylam Meddah 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.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Matteo Soncin stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matteo Soncin and Le Havre AC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings18 Dec 2028

Timothée Pembélé was the difference for Le Havre AC

Marked 7.61. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Interim Coach chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

Evan Cideme 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.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

Sofiane Boufal left out for tactical reasons at Le Havre AC

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief