The Dijon Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
10 saves: Paul Delecroix was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 10 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Julio Tavares takes the afternoon — 8.76
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Julio Tavares provided it, and the 8.76 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Jordan Marié, 34, rolls back the years — 8.33
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.33 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Julien Domingues beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market17 Aug 2026
Stade Malien come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Dijon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Diogo Ferreira due for a Dijon medical
Everything agreed with Benfica, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Kaan Ayhan will not be coming to Dijon
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Galatasaray is saying, and nobody at Dijon is enjoying the guessing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Dijon
Paul Delecroix 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Dijon
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Transfer targets Dijon rebuffed over Joel Mvuka
- Market One of our own: Charles Blanc joins the Dijon first team
- Market Dijon promote Denis Guyot from within