Mathieu Dufour

Central Midfielder - Tours
15 Aug 2026
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Marked for Mathieu Dufour

2 Edition

The Tours Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market10 Aug 2026

Tours turn down FC Lorient for Édouard Henry

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

Market10 Aug 2026

François Mercier 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Mathieu Dufour signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mathieu Dufour and Tours agree another 5 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Tours

Mathieu Dufour 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Olympique Lyonnais join the queue for Édouard Dumont

Add another name to the list: Olympique Lyonnais have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Édouard Dumont. The answer from Tours has not changed — yet.

Market10 Aug 2026

Renate expected to open talks for Robert Meunier

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tours will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Tours Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match1 Aug 2026

No mercy from Tours

Dijon will want this one forgotten quickly: 7‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Tours were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Raymond Garcia could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.91

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.91, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A day Mathieu Dufour will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Thomas Petit at 21 — 7.62

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Thomas Petit did not need any: 7.62, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market3 Aug 2026

Estrela da Amadora come back empty-handed

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

Market3 Aug 2026

Mathieu Dufour 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

Mathieu Dufour 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.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A hand in 2 of them from Jérôme Dumont — 7.90

Marked 7.90. There is a kind of forward whose value only shows up when you count what he was involved in rather than what he finished, and this is the day that argument makes itself.

Match1 Aug 2026

Mathieu Dufour among the goals in a wild afternoon

8 goals in one match, Mathieu Dufour on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Tours and Dijon.

In brief