Henri David

Central Midfielder - Chamois Niortais
21 Sep 2026
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Marked for Henri David

7 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

No sign of nerves from Yves Renaud at 21 — 8.14

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Yves Renaud did not need any: 8.14, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market14 Sep 2026

The Bourg-Peronnas deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Henri David reports back to Chamois Niortais with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A move Aboubakar Diaby would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Aboubakar Diaby is living that version at Chamois Niortais, and it tends to show in the first month.

Match12 Sep 2026

Whatever happens, Chamois Niortais do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

The window shuts on the Nacim Dendani deal

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

Market14 Sep 2026

Marcel Leroy raises the bar for Chamois Niortais

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Chamois Niortais heard it as anything else.

The terraces14 Sep 2026

One of their own: Yves Renaud

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match12 Sep 2026

Chamois Niortais see off US Creteil

Three points for Chamois Niortais, 1‑0 the final word against US Creteil in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Chamois Niortais

Samy Mahour 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.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Marcel Leroy’s move to Lazio falls through

The deal that would have taken Marcel Leroy to Lazio has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Chamois Niortais with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

The paperwork begins on Nacim Dendani

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Chamois Niortais have done the hard part with Monaco, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Chamois Niortais close the window on a squad of their own making

9 in and 4 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

Bourg-Peronnas come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Chamois Niortais did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

No deal for Samuel Nibombé at that price

Chamois Niortais offered $910.0K; Monaco said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Chamois Niortais

Faitout Maouassa 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A month that belonged to Yves Renaud

The young player of the month award goes to a 21-year-old at Chamois Niortais who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Player of the month: Marcel Leroy

Four weeks in which nobody in the division did his job better. The award goes on a shelf and the player goes back into the side, which is the order Chamois Niortais prefer.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Chamois Niortais

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

In brief

4 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

$3.1M settles it between the clubs for Bradel Kiwa

Monaco have accepted the money. What Chamois Niortais do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Yves Renaud was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market24 Aug 2026

Chamois Niortais turn down Olympique Lyonnais for Dominique Noël

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Alexis Vossah due for a Chamois Niortais medical

Everything agreed with Toulouse FC, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market24 Aug 2026

Henri David 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 Chamois Niortais, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Chamois Niortais

Marcel Leroy 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Charles Brun 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Samy Mahour signs on for more

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

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Dominique Noël gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Squad The formation has left Johan Martial behind
  • Market Henri Bonnet is free to find somewhere else
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict