The Le Havre AC Chronicle
Squad1 May 2028
Words exchanged at Le Havre AC
Ayumu Seko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad1 May 2028
A row about effort at Le Havre AC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sofiane Boufal was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market1 May 2028
Le Havre AC promote Roger Martin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roger Martin 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.
Market1 May 2028
One of our own: Charles Leroux joins the Le Havre AC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Charles Leroux is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market1 May 2028
Frédéric Bernard steps up from the Le Havre AC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Frédéric Bernard 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.
Market1 May 2028
Thomas Leclerc steps up from the Le Havre AC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Leclerc 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.
The dugout1 May 2028
Abdoulaye Touré 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.
Squad1 May 2028
Guy Noël Zohouri wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Le Havre AC will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
Squad1 May 2028
Ayumu Seko still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Le Havre AC would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- The terraces The Senny Mayulu rumours reach the terraces
- The dugout A door opens for Ebroni Gnoan
- The dugout Mason Terry knocks on the manager’s door