The AS Nancy Herald
Match21 Aug 2027
Nowhere to hide for AS Nancy
0‑3 against Stade Rennais, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Enzo Basilio
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Martin Expérience: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AS Nancy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Nicolás Camerlinckx hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Nancy can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Ilyas Azizi will not be coming to AS Nancy
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Toulouse FC is saying, and nobody at AS Nancy is enjoying the guessing.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Ilyes Housni is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nehemiah Fernandez 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 AS Nancy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Walid Bouabdeli
At 27 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at AS Nancy
5 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets AS Nancy rebuffed over Jay Enem
- The dugout Pape Meïssa Bâ gets it from the manager
- Market One of our own: Alexandre Moulin joins the AS Nancy first team