The Stade Lavallois Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Thibaut Vargas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Thibaut Vargas commits to Stade Lavallois for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Stade Lavallois
Thibaut Vargas 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Stade Lavallois
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dylan Mbayo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
Moïse Adilehou attracts admirers
The name of Moïse Adilehou has come up in conversations Stade Lavallois were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market3 Aug 2026
Stade Lavallois and Malik Tchokounté are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Stade Lavallois try to borrow Alexis Mirbach
FC Nantes 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 targets3 Aug 2026
Stade Lavallois try to borrow Thomas Brun
Chamois Niortais 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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Mamadou Samassa 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Jules Gaudin's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Market Moïse Adilehou is free to find somewhere else
- Player ratings Trévis Dago was unplayable