The Valenciennes Post
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes go back to the board over Kabangu Alex Teixeira
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $350.0K — a club that wants Kabangu Alex Teixeira enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes make their move for Kabangu Alex Teixeira
$330.0K on the table at Le Havre AC. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Valenciennes
Mohamed Ihattaren 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
Graduation day at Valenciennes
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Stade Brestois tell Valenciennes: Mamady Diambou is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Valenciennes against Quevilly-Rouen
1‑2 to Quevilly-Rouen, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jean Louchet
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jean Louchet, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mathieu Gautier joins the Valenciennes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mathieu Gautier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes promote Daniel Gauthier from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Gauthier 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: Stéphane Faure joins the Valenciennes first team
- Market Eyes on Derrick Abu again
- Squad A row about effort at Valenciennes