The Angers SCO Courier
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Angers SCO make their move for Ricardo Pepi
$34.2M on the table at Middlesbrough. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Angers SCO rebuffed over Konstantin Tyukavin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Villarreal have kept their man, and Angers SCO go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match21 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Angers SCO
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Angers SCO are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Abdul Fatawu was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Abdoulaye Bamba says Angers SCO 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Stéphane Gérard signs on for the long haul
Angers SCO moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Stéphane Gérard, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
No deal for Bingourou Kamara at that price
Angers SCO offered $860.0K; FC Lorient said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Angers SCO
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market23 Aug 2027
Richard Blanc steps up from the Angers SCO academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Richard Blanc 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.
In brief
- Market Angers SCO promote François Jean from within
- Market Angers SCO promote Daniel Mathieu from within
- Market One of our own: Nicolas Fleury joins the Angers SCO first team