Benoît Mercier

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Sochaux U18
7 Feb 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Benoît Mercier

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The Sochaux Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Yuliwes Bellache is a Sochaux player

The fee is $600.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Clermont Foot drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Julien Masson 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 Sochaux this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Boubacar Fofana

Marked 9.99 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Aymen Boutoutaou in the eights

A performance of 9.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Sochaux get the job done against AC Ajaccio

A 3‑1 win over AC Ajaccio, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

No hiding place for Mehdi Jeannin

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mehdi Jeannin, and the manager let it.

Squad

Costly mistake from Mehdi Jeannin

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Mehdi Jeannin knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Market

Sochaux buy the years ahead of Jean Dufour

He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Market

Sochaux buy the years ahead of Benoît Mercier

He is 15, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief