The Tours Chronicle
Market30 Jul 2029
Rayan Ouro Bang Na hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tours can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Tempers go at Tours
Óscar Romero 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.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Benoît Muller out for 29 days
The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Benoît Muller, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Jean-Luc Olivier knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jean-Luc Olivier trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market30 Jul 2029
No place for Rémi Renault in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Rémi Renault has his answer from Tours; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market30 Jul 2029
The Thomas Leroux story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Thomas Leroux signs something — a contract at Tours or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Squad Angelo Fulgini has company in his position
- Market Tours pick up Mame Cheikh Diallo for nothing