The FC Lorient Herald
Market25 Jan 2027
Montassar Talbi asks to leave FC Lorient
“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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Terms done: Salah-Dine El Mezouari is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and SC Aubagne Air Bel waiting with a shirt. Nobody at FC Lorient is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market25 Jan 2027
Eyes on Sambou Soumano again
The phone has started ringing about Sambou Soumano again, and this time the name on the line is SM Caen. FC Lorient are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market25 Jan 2027
FC Lorient say no — this time
The offer from FC Rouen for Isaak Touré 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.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Krépin Diatta due for a FC Lorient medical
Everything agreed with Monaco, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Montassar Talbi 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 FC Lorient this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match23 Jan 2027
Mohamed Bamba the difference as FC Lorient beat Stade Rennais
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mohamed Bamba. 2‑1 against Stade Rennais, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Mathys Agbadouma for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. FC Lorient will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mamadou Koné signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mamadou Koné commits to FC Lorient for another 4 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Mohamed Bamba was the difference for FC Lorient
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad No place for Maghnes Akliouche in the new shape