The AS Nancy Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Noam Obougou Jacquet leads the rout of US Creteil
3‑0, and Noam Obougou Jacquet took the headlines on an afternoon when everything AS Nancy tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rayan Bamba runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Victor Orakpo, 20, steals the show — 8.45
Marked 8.45 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Tanguy Ndombele
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. AS Nancy have done the hard part with OGC Nice, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
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
KAA Gent tell AS Nancy: Moctar Diop 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
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
AS Nancy supporters have found a favourite in Noam Obougou Jacquet
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Noam Obougou Jacquet has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nicolas Philippe steps up from the AS Nancy academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicolas Philippe 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 One of our own: Thomas Pierre joins the AS Nancy first team
- Market One of our own: Rémy Collet joins the AS Nancy first team
- Market AS Nancy promote Philippe Pierre from within