The FC Nantes Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Tiago Santos
FC Nantes and LOSC Lille have settled on $22.7M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
FC Nantes make their move for Mateo Retegui
$33.2M on the table at Al-Qadisiyah. 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Julian Mejia
FC Nantes asked and La Equidad 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 targets17 Aug 2026
FC Nantes baulk at the price for Hákon Arnar Haraldsson
LOSC Lille wanted more than $18.8M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Uroš Radaković goes
RC Lens paid $530.0K and FC Nantes took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at FC Nantes
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at FC Nantes
Dehmaine Tabibou 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Alexandre Lucas steps up from the FC Nantes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexandre Lucas 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
FC Nantes promote Benoît Lefebvre from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benoît Lefebvre 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: Jérôme Dufour joins the FC Nantes first team
- Squad Mathieu Cafaro wants to know why he earns less
- Squad Luiz Felipe remains an outsider