The Bourg-Peronnas Sentinel
Market20 May 2030
Diego Finotti 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 The request is on a desk at Bourg-Peronnas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad20 May 2030
Patryk Szczuka arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Patryk Szczuka has, at Bourg-Peronnas, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad20 May 2030
Tempers go at Bourg-Peronnas
Maxime Bernauer 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.
Squad20 May 2030
Joan Raynaud falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad20 May 2030
Kubilay Sönmez out for 16 days
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Kubilay Sönmez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout20 May 2030
No hiding place for Ivano Gubo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ivano Gubo, and the manager let it.
The dugout20 May 2030
Diego Finotti knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Diego Finotti trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market20 May 2030
Patryk Szczuka joins Bourg-Peronnas on a free
No fee and no drama: Patryk Szczuka has signed at Bourg-Peronnas, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
Market20 May 2030
Andrii Savenkov placed on the list
Bourg-Peronnas have made Andrii Savenkov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- Market Tristan Achu leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Bourg-Peronnas academy earns its keep
- The dugout Théo Tedeschi keeps his manager's vote