Mathieu Da Silva

Left Forward - Free Agent
24 Apr 2029
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The RC Lens Herald

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom3 Jan 2028

RC Lens run out of patience with Yann Laine

The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Yann Laine clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.

Market3 Jan 2028

Malang Sarr puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at RC Lens, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom3 Jan 2028

Crisis meeting at RC Lens

The official line will be that it was routine. It was not routine, the timing says so, and every person in that room knows what the next bad result costs.

Match1 Jan 2028

7 matches without a win for RC Lens

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around RC Lens are no longer polite ones.

Match1 Jan 2028

7 matches without a goal for RC Lens

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 7 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Boardroom3 Jan 2028

Denis Marchal takes charge at RC Lens

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

Transfer targets3 Jan 2028

RC Lens bid $2.0M for Lamine Sy

The offer went to AJ Auxerre 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.

Market3 Jan 2028

RC Lens say no — this time

The offer from Greuther Fürth for Rémy Descamps 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.

The dugout3 Jan 2028

Mathieu Da Silva keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” RC Lens may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

In brief

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The RC Lens Herald

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout23 Aug 2027

Wesley Saïd says RC Lens went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market23 Aug 2027

Florian Sotoca asks to leave RC Lens

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match21 Aug 2027

The wait goes on for RC Lens

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at RC Lens

Abdallah Sima and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match21 Aug 2027

The goals have deserted RC Lens

4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at RC Lens can tell you which week it ends in.

Boardroom23 Aug 2027

6 academy players handed senior numbers at RC Lens

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 targets23 Aug 2027

RC Lens rebuffed over Bryan Okoh

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AJ Auxerre have kept their man, and RC Lens go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout23 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Abdallah Sima

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match21 Aug 2027

RC Lens come up short against Olympique de Marseille

Olympique de Marseille left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief