The Valenciennes Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Bryan Passi out for 124 days
124 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Valenciennes lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Charles Abi breaks a bone — 100 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 100 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes make their move for Nacim Dendani
$990.0K on the table at Monaco. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes make their move for Roger Colin
$700.0K on the table at Tours. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Yael Trepy rejects the move
Valenciennes had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cagliari, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes get their man
The chase for Thimothé David ended with $270.0K changing hands and FC Nantes out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Valenciennes
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
A falling-out at Valenciennes
Yohan Mollo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes supporters have found a favourite in Stredair Appuah Owusu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Stredair Appuah Owusu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Arnaud Noël joins the Valenciennes first team
- Market One of our own: Olivier Charles joins the Valenciennes first team
- Market Paul Le Roux steps up from the Valenciennes academy