The Red Star Courier
Squad26 Apr 2027
Kemo Cissé breaks a bone — 38 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: Thomas Leroux joins the Red Star first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Leroux is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Apr 2027
Red Star promote Jacques Thomas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacques Thomas 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: Didier Lefèvre joins the Red Star first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Didier Lefèvre is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: François Dubois joins the Red Star first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. François Dubois is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Red Star
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Islamdine Halifa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Rudy Thalmensi 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 Red Star this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Jovany Ikanga gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Islamdine Halifa knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Islamdine Halifa trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Abdelsamad Hachem
- Squad Leonardo Buta is the talk of the training ground
- The dugout Amallah Kaloga keeps his manager's vote