The AS Nancy Herald
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
The scrutiny sharpens at AS Nancy
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at AS Nancy is running low.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Miłosz Piekutowski says AS Nancy went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market21 Aug 2028
AS Nancy turn down RC Strasbourg for Pierre Paris
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at AS Nancy
Jérémy Gélin 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Patrick Ouotro 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.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
A masterclass from Ilyes Housni
Marked 8.71 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad21 Aug 2028
AS Nancy count the cost of losing Yanis Sofikitis
16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
AS Nancy board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Zakaria Fdaouch
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market AS Nancy sign Benoît Julien, one for the future
- Market AS Nancy buy the years ahead of Stéphane Robin
- Market AS Nancy sign Denis Gautier, one for the future