The SM Caen Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $9.0M for Lamine Guèye
SM Caen have gone to Paris FC with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Benito Raman at that price
SM Caen offered $1.4M; KV Mechelen said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
SM Caen go back to the board over Lamine Guèye
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $10.0M — a club that wants Lamine Guèye enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danel Sinani signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Danel Sinani and SM Caen agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at SM Caen
Branco van den Boomen 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Romain Jean-Baptiste arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Romain Jean-Baptiste has, at SM Caen, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Juan Romero
SM Caen asked and Olimpia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
SM Caen promote Nicolas Henry from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolas Henry 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Perrot steps up from the SM Caen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Emmanuel Perrot 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
- Market SM Caen promote Olivier Duval from within
- Market One of our own: Stéphane Bonnet joins the SM Caen first team
- Squad Danel Sinani needs a bigger stage