The Tours Chronicle
Squad26 Jun 2028
Luc Garcia damages knee ligaments — 100 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 100 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match26 Jun 2028
Tours sink to position 16
28 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market26 Jun 2028
Tours turn down TSG Hoffenheim for Luc Carpentier
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market26 Jun 2028
Federico Nardin 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Tours
Mads Bidstrup 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Words at Tours training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stéphane Maillard 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.
In brief
- Squad François Dumont pulls a muscle — 15 days out
- Market Francisco Arteaga arrives on loan
- Market The Federico Nardin talk will not go away