Bruno Paris

Central Midfielder - Tours
26 Sep 2026
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Marked for Bruno Paris

7 Edition

The Tours Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

No sign of nerves from Arnaud Renaud at 21 — 8.17

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Arnaud Renaud did not need any: 8.17, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market14 Sep 2026

Philippe Gérard wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Tours hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market14 Sep 2026

The Chamois Niortais deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Bruno Paris reports back to Tours with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Stéphane Sparagna 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 Tours this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words at Tours training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guillaume Barbier 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Philippe Gérard

“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.

The terraces14 Sep 2026

Tours supporters have found a favourite in Arnaud Renaud

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Arnaud Renaud 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.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Ninety minutes of Mathieu Moreau at his very best

Marked 8.70. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Tours.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

The one thing Philippe Gérard could not do

Shots: 4, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Tours Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

No sign of nerves from Guillaume Barbier at 21 — 8.83

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Guillaume Barbier did not need any: 8.83, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

The terraces7 Sep 2026

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 26 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market7 Sep 2026

Jérôme Philippe hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tours can pretend not to have heard.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Tours

Stéphane Sparagna 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.

Match5 Sep 2026

Valenciennes take the points off Tours

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Mathieu Moreau 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.

The terraces7 Sep 2026

Tours supporters have found a favourite in Guillaume Barbier

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Guillaume Barbier 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Rémi Clément 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

François Caron lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

In brief