The Sochaux Courier
Market17 Jan 2028
Jean-Luc Roger agrees terms with Neftchi
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Sochaux people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market17 Jan 2028
Elie N'Gatta hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sochaux can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Sochaux bid $1.6M for Théodore Marie
The offer went to Chamois Niortais this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Gabriel Moscardo will not be coming to Sochaux
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Paris Saint-Germain is saying, and nobody at Sochaux is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Door shut on Arnaud Nordin
Sochaux asked and Stade Rennais said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match15 Jan 2028
Sochaux come up short against FC Nantes
FC Nantes left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market17 Jan 2028
No place for Mathieu Peybernes in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Mathieu Peybernes has his answer from Sochaux; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
Lenny Vallier gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
The team sheet said everything about Kapit Djoco
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Kapit Djoco.
In brief
- Squad Arnaud Perrot out for 31 days
- The dugout Stéphane André: “No excuses”
- Transfer targets A loan move for Josué Casimir is in the works