Patrick Lucas

Central Midfielder - Chamois Niortais
19 Sep 2026
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The Chamois Niortais Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets

The window shuts on the Daren Mosengo deal

Chamois Niortais ran out of time with Le Havre AC. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Market

Patrick Lucas 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.

Market

Rémy Le Gall 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 Chamois Niortais hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Transfer targets

Chamois Niortais rebuffed over Felix Tsimba

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Westerlo have kept their man, and Chamois Niortais go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A wage question at Chamois Niortais

François-Joseph Sollacaro has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

Market

The Théodore Fournier story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Théodore Fournier signs something — a contract at Chamois Niortais or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market

The market said no: Richard Martinez stays put

Chamois Niortais opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Richard Martinez stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.

The dugout

A door opens for Édouard Vincent

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout

Antoine Denis 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