Alexandre Laine

Central Defender - Tours
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Marked for Alexandre Laine

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The Tours Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market24 Aug 2026

Alexandre Laine asks to leave Tours

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market24 Aug 2026

Tours sell Louis Joly for $2.6M

Louis Joly has left for Toulouse FC in a $2.6M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Match22 Aug 2026

Tours make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Tours have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Tours

Charles Nguyen 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Arnaud Clément the difference as Tours beat AS Nancy

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Arnaud Clément. 1‑0 against AS Nancy, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Arnaud Clément was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Roger Marchand

“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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A defender's afternoon for Alexandre Barré

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Arzignano are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Tours will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

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The Tours Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A debut Raymond Arnaud will not forget — 8.42

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 2 on the scoresheet, 8.42 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Market3 Aug 2026

Tours turn down Olympique Lyonnais for Charles Nguyen

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

Market3 Aug 2026

Arnaud Clément wants more than Tours are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Tours

Charles Nguyen 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Tours training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jérôme Martinez 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.

Match1 Aug 2026

Raymond Arnaud the difference as Tours beat Dijon

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Raymond Arnaud. 2‑1 against Dijon, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces3 Aug 2026

Tours supporters have found a favourite in Raymond Arnaud

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Raymond Arnaud 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Arnaud Clément 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

Alexandre Laine is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Tours has been clear about where Alexandre Laine stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief