The Dijon Gazette
Squad21 Aug 2028
Jili Buyabu: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dijon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Jordi Kuange at Dijon
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jordi Kuange is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match19 Aug 2028
The wait goes on for Dijon
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match19 Aug 2028
Whatever happens, Dijon do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Mark Diemers in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Aldo Martano out for 34 days
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Aldo Martano, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Dijon
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market21 Aug 2028
Hervé André steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hervé André 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Dijon promote Thomas Mathieu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Mathieu 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.
In brief
- Market Dijon promote Yann Robert from within
- Market One of our own: Christophe Blanc joins the Dijon first team
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Gauthier Hein