The Chamois Niortais Herald
Match22 Aug 2026
No mercy from Chamois Niortais
Red Star will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Chamois Niortais were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market24 Aug 2026
Eyes on Stéphane Masson again
The phone has started ringing about Stéphane Masson again, and this time the name on the line is Valenciennes. Chamois Niortais are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market24 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais say no — this time
The offer from Wolfsberger AC for Michel Maillard was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match22 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais go back to the board over Andrija Bulatović
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.6M — a club that wants Andrija Bulatović enough to be asked twice.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chamois Niortais
Stéphane Masson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Stade Brestois tell Chamois Niortais: Mamady Diambou 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
One of those days for Vincent Brun
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais count the cost of losing Rémi Girard
45 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Chamois Niortais are still learning each other
- Squad Patrick Schmitt stays put
- The dugout The manager’s verdict