The FC Lorient Herald
Market14 Feb 2028
FC Lorient turn down FC Metz for Benjamin Leroy
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad14 Feb 2028
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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Door shut on Orel Mangala
FC Lorient asked and Olympique Lyonnais said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match12 Feb 2028
FC Lorient see off Paris Saint-Germain
Three points for FC Lorient, 2‑1 the final word against Paris Saint-Germain in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market14 Feb 2028
FC Lorient promote Jean Barbier from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jean Barbier 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: David Robin joins the FC Lorient first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Robin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
FC Lorient promote Yann Mathieu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yann Mathieu 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.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Jean-Victor Makengo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.00. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Loan watch Mamadou Koné has seen enough of Pau FC
- Squad Dominik Kovačić signs a new deal
- Squad FC Lorient are still strangers to each other