The AS Nancy Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
AS Nancy run riot against US Creteil
4‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Victor Orakpo, 20, steals the show — 9.45
Marked 9.45 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Victor Orakpo takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Stade Brestois tell AS Nancy: Ludovic Ajorque is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rayan Bamba runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at AS Nancy
Martin Expérience 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Enzo Tacafred
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thomas Rivière steps up from the AS Nancy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Rivière 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 Dominique Bertrand steps up from the AS Nancy academy
- Market One of our own: Jérôme André joins the AS Nancy first team
- Market AS Nancy promote Jean-Baptiste Huet from within