The FC Metz Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at FC Metz
Giorgi Kvilitaia 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at FC Metz
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jean-Baptiste Clément steps up from the FC Metz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jean-Baptiste Clément 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Benoît Perrin steps up from the FC Metz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benoît Perrin 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
FC Metz promote Michel Philippe from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michel Philippe 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at FC Metz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bradley Madjo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Boardroom FC Metz turn down the training-ground plan
- Market The Jonathan Fischer story refuses to die
- Squad A wage question at FC Metz
- Squad Benjamin Stambouli keeps his manager's vote