The Tours Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Olivier Adam says no to JS Saoura
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Olivier Adam had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Tours go back to the board over Raphaël Le Guen
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $138.0K — a club that wants Raphaël Le Guen enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $490.0K for Bissenty Gomis
Tours have gone to Le Havre AC with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tours
Yves Deschamps 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Raphaël Le Guen at that price
Tours offered $130.0K; Stade Brestois said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Tours
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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Angers SCO tell Tours: Melvin Zinga 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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yves Deschamps
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yves Deschamps, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Didier Fontaine joins the Tours first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Didier Fontaine is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Tours promote Denis Collet from within
- Market Emmanuel Lefèvre steps up from the Tours academy
- Player ratings Yves Deschamps takes the honours