The Chamois Niortais Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Thomas Dumas runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais say no — this time
The offer from Monaco for Flavio Paganelli was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Flavio Paganelli in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chamois Niortais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Chamois Niortais
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Chamois Niortais training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Legrand 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mathieu Adam steps up from the Chamois Niortais academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathieu Adam 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
One of our own: Nicolas Collet joins the Chamois Niortais first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Collet is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais promote Sébastien Guillot from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sébastien Guillot 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
No hiding place for Denis Rémy
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Rémy, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Loan watch Vincent Dupont counts the days
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Christophe Boyer
- Squad Vincent Moreau signs on for more