The Sochaux Courier
Market2 Feb 2037
So close: Juan Sebastian Palacios’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Paris FC moved on, Juan Sebastian Palacios reports back to Sochaux, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad2 Feb 2037
10 seasons of Francesco Di Bartolo
10 appearances across 10 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Sochaux know what they have.
Squad2 Feb 2037
Tempers go at Sochaux
Diego Pisani 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.
Squad2 Feb 2037
Julien Masson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad2 Feb 2037
Liam De Kock signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Liam De Kock and Sochaux agree another 2 years.
Market2 Feb 2037
Still no signature from Juan Sebastian Palacios
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Sochaux could get for him.
In brief
- Market Daniel Philippe leaves for nothing
- Market The shop window has Tomas Rusnak in it