The Chamois Niortais Herald
Market9 Aug 2027
Emmanuel Sanchez sold, and an era ends
$1.1M from Paris FC for Emmanuel Sanchez. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Louis Caron 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Chamois Niortais count the cost of losing Quentin Bena
119 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Denis Gonzalez 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Roger Barré knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chamois Niortais, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Aug 2027
The Stéphane Lemoine story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Stéphane Lemoine signs something — a contract at Chamois Niortais or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market Stéphane Schmitt leaves for nothing
- Market Paul Dufour leaves for nothing