The AS Nancy Herald
Market1 Jan 2029
Yaya Sanogo 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 AS Nancy can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The season belongs to Danny Namaso
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and AS Nancy have had the benefit of it.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Sidi Cissé: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AS Nancy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Christian De Amicis gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Christian De Amicis has just signed for AS Nancy, and for once the answer mattered.
Market1 Jan 2029
AS Nancy may not be able to give Eduardo what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Eduardo wants continental football; whether AS Nancy can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Ozan Tufan 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 AS Nancy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match30 Dec 2028
Mattheo Guendez the difference as AS Nancy beat Red Star
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mattheo Guendez. 2‑1 against Red Star, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings1 Jan 2029
Mattheo Guendez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.86. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The terraces1 Jan 2029
The crowd has taken to Mattheo Guendez
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Nehemiah Fernandez
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Walid Bouabdeli
- Market AS Nancy sign Jordan Rakotomanga, one for the future