The Nimes Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Axel Kayombo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ilias Sebaoui
Nimes asked and Sint-Truiden said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nimes make their move for Ethan Nkouka
$300.0K 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nimes make their move for Théo Ramousse
$210.0K on the table at Clermont Foot. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pablo Martinez 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 Nimes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Christophe Garcia joins the Nimes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christophe Garcia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jean-Luc Perrot joins the Nimes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean-Luc Perrot is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jean-Baptiste Blanchard steps up from the Nimes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jean-Baptiste Blanchard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Philippe Philippe steps up from the Nimes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philippe Philippe has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Words at Nimes training over how hard people work
- Squad Samuel Souprayen is a square peg at Nimes
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Nimes