The Valenciennes Post
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Valenciennes walk away from Paris Brunner
$4.2M was the most the club would pay and Monaco were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Gaëtan Courtet, 37, rolls back the years — 7.83
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.83 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes rebuffed over Matys Donavin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Clermont Foot have kept their man, and Valenciennes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Valenciennes
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Valenciennes
Samir Belloumou and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Rémy Boissier 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Denis Bertrand steps up from the Valenciennes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Denis Bertrand 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Marc Laine steps up from the Valenciennes academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marc Laine 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes promote François Pérez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. François Pérez 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Benoît Collet joins the Valenciennes first team
- Squad Naoufel Zerhouni is a square peg at Valenciennes
- Transfer targets Valenciennes ask about Bandiougou Fadiga