Arnaud Bonnet

Striker - AC Ajaccio
27 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

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8 Edition

The AC Ajaccio Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put AC Ajaccio out

Out, 1‑3 to RC Lens, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings

Omar El Manssouri runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at AC Ajaccio

Yann Boé-Kane was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at AC Ajaccio training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Arnaud Bonnet 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.

Match

AC Ajaccio come up short against US Creteil

US Creteil left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Benoît Costil

“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.

Squad

19 new faces, and AC Ajaccio are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

Yann Roussel answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad

The formation has left Mickaël Nanizayamo behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. AC Ajaccio will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The AC Ajaccio Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The knee: Henri Richard out for 23 days

23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. AC Ajaccio lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Nicolas Sibade puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AC Ajaccio, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

AC Ajaccio close the window on a squad of their own making

30 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets

Diego Callai is a medical away from AC Ajaccio

The deal with Sporting CP is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

A falling-out at AC Ajaccio

Yann Boé-Kane and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Erwan Adonis

AC Ajaccio asked and RC Strasbourg said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A row about effort at AC Ajaccio

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Arnaud Bonnet was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

The drought breaks for AC Ajaccio

5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Dijon were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Match

AC Ajaccio find a way past Dijon

Dijon made AC Ajaccio work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

2 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Not going: Marcel André stays at Chamois Niortais

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Paradou had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market

Chamois Niortais say no — this time

The offer from Sochaux for Nicolas Aubry 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.

Market

Chamois Niortais sell David Richard for $14.1M

David Richard has left for Monaco in a $14.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Arnaud Bonnet has said yes to Red Star

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Chamois Niortais have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad

Nicolas Aubry signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nicolas Aubry and Chamois Niortais agree another 4 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Chamois Niortais

Émile Charpentier and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces

Chamois Niortais supporters have found a favourite in Hervé Roger

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Hervé Roger has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Émile Charpentier

“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.

Match

Marc Rivière the difference as Chamois Niortais beat Sochaux

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Marc Rivière. 2‑0 against Sochaux, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief