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55 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Aug 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Vincent Da Silva

33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Chamois Niortais lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad16 Aug 2027

21 days out for a squad player after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Chamois Niortais will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Kévin Rocheteau says Chamois Niortais went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad16 Aug 2027

The step up is real for Emmanuel Vincent

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Jalal Abdullai will not be coming to Chamois Niortais

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Molde is saying, and nobody at Chamois Niortais is enjoying the guessing.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at Chamois Niortais

Hans Hateboer and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Door shut on Yoël van den Ban

Chamois Niortais asked and Roda said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Noam Emeran

“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.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Chamois Niortais ask about John Dembe

A loan enquiry to Sigma Olomouc: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

Back issues
54 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad9 Aug 2027

A fracture rules a squad player out for 30 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Chamois Niortais will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Miłosz Piekutowski is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Adama Camara signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adama Camara commits to Chamois Niortais for another 3 years.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Emmanuel Vincent 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 Chamois Niortais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Alavés tell Chamois Niortais: Nicolás López is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

No hiding place for Robin Maulun

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robin Maulun, and the manager let it.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Chamois Niortais try to borrow Ivan Božić

Sturm Graz have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Chamois Niortais ask about Jalal Abdullai

A loan enquiry to Molde: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Market9 Aug 2027

Still no ink between Chamois Niortais and Robin Maulun

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Chamois Niortais, another week without a signature from Robin Maulun.

In brief

53 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad2 Aug 2027

a squad player breaks a bone — 39 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market2 Aug 2027

Rui Vieira 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 Chamois Niortais can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Hans Hateboer 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 Chamois Niortais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Jean-Pascal Fontaine 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.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Middlesbrough tell Chamois Niortais: Ashley Fletcher is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad2 Aug 2027

No place for Adama Camara in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Chamois Niortais are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market2 Aug 2027

Talks stall between Chamois Niortais and Jean-Pascal Fontaine

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

A loan move for Alessandro Gabrielloni is in the works

Chamois Niortais have made the call to Como. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market2 Aug 2027

No place for Thomas Bourgeois in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Thomas Bourgeois has his answer from Chamois Niortais; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

52 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad26 Jul 2027

A fracture rules a squad player out for 46 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Chamois Niortais will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Fee done, terms next for Erwan Adonis

Chamois Niortais and RC Strasbourg have settled on $640.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market26 Jul 2027

Chamois Niortais sign Adama Camara for $3.3M

The paperwork is done: Adama Camara joins from Paris FC in a deal worth $3.3M. Now comes the harder part.

Market26 Jul 2027

Thomas Bourgeois asks to leave Chamois Niortais

“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.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Mario Rivas turns down Chamois Niortais

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: AEL Larisa keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at Chamois Niortais

Emmanuel Vincent and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces26 Jul 2027

The town asked, and Chamois Niortais paid $3.3M

Adama Camara was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $3.3M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words at Chamois Niortais training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean-Pascal Fontaine 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.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Door shut on Mariano

Chamois Niortais asked and Alavés said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief