The FC Nantes Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Junior Kone Doumbia
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. FC Nantes lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Aug 2026
FC Nantes say no — this time
The offer from Nimes for Herba Guirassy 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
Tempers go at FC Nantes
Johann Lepenant 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 Nantes
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
FC Nantes promote Théodore Colin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Théodore Colin 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
FC Nantes promote Paul Baron from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paul Baron 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dominique Da Silva joins the FC Nantes first team
- Squad Fábio Martins falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Too much change too quickly at FC Nantes
- Boardroom FC Nantes spend where nobody can see it