The Paradou Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Paradou say no — this time
The offer from USM Alger for Ouanisse Bouzahzah was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lalaina Rafanomezantsoa 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 Paradou this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Khalil Ayari
Paradou asked and Paris Saint-Germain said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Faouzi Benaceur steps up from the Paradou academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Faouzi Benaceur has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ramy Ghoulam steps up from the Paradou academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ramy Ghoulam has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Paradou promote Mehdi Ounas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mehdi Ounas has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ouanisse Bouzahzah 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Paradou ask about Mamadou Koné
A loan enquiry to FC Lorient: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Amayas Boudedja 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.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Ouanisse Bouzahzah on the training pitch
- Squad Youcef Belkaid is fit again