The AS Nancy Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Steven Fortes due for a AS Nancy medical
Everything agreed with RC Lens, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pape Meïssa Bâ signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pape Meïssa Bâ and AS Nancy agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Guillaume Royer
AS Nancy asked and Chamois Niortais said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Pape Meïssa Bâ
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pape Meïssa Bâ, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Walid Bouabdeli
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sébastien Dupuy steps up from the AS Nancy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sébastien Dupuy 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
Rémi Dupont steps up from the AS Nancy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rémi Dupont 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
AS Nancy promote David Fleury from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Fleury 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jacques Guillot joins the AS Nancy first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacques Guillot is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match AS Nancy see off US Creteil
- Squad Bakari Camara in a row with a teammate
- Squad Adrien Julloux falls out with a teammate over standards