The Clermont Foot Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Clermont Foot
Maximiliano Caufriez 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy players handed senior numbers at Clermont Foot
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 at Clermont Foot training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kader Bamba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Aug 2026
Marc Brun steps up from the Clermont Foot academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marc Brun 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Maïdine Douane asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Clermont Foot turn down the training-ground plan
It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.
In brief
- Market Yuliwes Bellache placed on the list
- Market Amine Saïd goes looking for football
- Squad The manager plants his flag on Mohammed Guindo