Luc Vidal

Striker - FC Lorient
30 Mar 2027
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Marked for Luc Vidal

17 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at FC Lorient

Jean-Victor Makengo 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.

Match21 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for FC Lorient against Toulouse FC

1‑2 to Toulouse FC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A row about effort at FC Lorient

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tiago Azulão was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Aiyegun Tosin runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Patrick Breton faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Patrick Breton after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Luc Vidal signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luc Vidal commits to FC Lorient for another 3 years.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Srđan Kuzmić

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market23 Nov 2026

The Arthur Avom Ebong story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Arthur Avom Ebong signs something — a contract at FC Lorient or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Noah Cadiou does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Nov 2026

A falling-out at FC Lorient

Yvon Mvogo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Arsène Kouassi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Igor Silva

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

FC Lorient keep their word to Nordi Mukiele

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Market16 Nov 2026

The Yvon Mvogo story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Yvon Mvogo signs something — a contract at FC Lorient or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Jean-Victor Makengo faces his old club

Toulouse FC next, and one man in the FC Lorient dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Isaak Touré wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and FC Lorient will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

A door opens for Benjamin Leroy

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Luc Vidal knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FC Lorient, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

3 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Nordi Mukiele arrives at FC Lorient in a $42.8M statement of intent

There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. FC Lorient have paid $42.8M for Nordi Mukiele, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Senny Mayulu

FC Lorient asked and Paris Saint-Germain 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

Romelu Boyata will not be coming to FC Lorient

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at KV Oostende is saying, and nobody at FC Lorient is enjoying the guessing.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

FC Lorient bid $200.0K for Steven Fortes

The offer went to RC Lens this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at FC Lorient

Jean-Victor Makengo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

1 academy graduates step up at FC Lorient

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

$42.8M for Nordi Mukiele, and FC Lorient supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Nordi Mukiele from Sunderland for $42.8M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Market17 Aug 2026

FC Lorient promote Luc Vidal from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luc Vidal 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Arsène Kouassi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief