From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 May 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aiglons can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 May 2029
“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.
Market7 May 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Aiglons know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market18 Sep 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aiglons can pretend not to have heard.
Squad18 Sep 2028
26 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Fabien Djedanoum 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market11 Sep 2028
Renaissance come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Aiglons did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Market11 Sep 2028
The name of Fabien Djedanoum keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Aiglons say nothing, which says plenty.
Market11 Sep 2028
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Aiglons, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Sep 2028
Aiglons spent the window trying to move Heriansyah Yan on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Aug 2028
“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.
Market7 Aug 2028
He is 18, and nobody at Aiglons signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Fabien Djedanoum keeps the shirt for now, at Aiglons's convenience rather than his own.
Market7 Aug 2028
The name of Abdoulaye Difane keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Aiglons say nothing, which says plenty.
Market7 Aug 2028
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Ali Mbaiguedem 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.