The OGC Nice Post
Squad27 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at OGC Nice
Axel Witsel and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market27 Mar 2028
One of our own: Jean-Luc Rey joins the OGC Nice first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean-Luc Rey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Mar 2028
Mathieu Barbier steps up from the OGC Nice academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathieu Barbier 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.
Market27 Mar 2028
OGC Nice promote Jérôme Lambert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jérôme Lambert 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.
Market27 Mar 2028
Charles Perrot steps up from the OGC Nice academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Perrot 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.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Wilfried Singo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at OGC Nice will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
No hiding place for Nicola Ravaglia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicola Ravaglia, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead27 Mar 2028
Gauthier Hein faces his old club
AJ Auxerre next, and one man in the OGC Nice dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Match27 Mar 2028
OGC Nice have something to play for
Position 4 on 47 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Axel Witsel a promise
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Édouard Legrand’s exile
- Squad Luca Pellegrini takes up the language