The US Orleans Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Abner Felipe gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Abner Felipe has just signed for US Orleans, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pineto come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and US Orleans did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Trofim Melnichenko will not be coming to US Orleans
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Porto is saying, and nobody at US Orleans is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Abner Felipe signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abner Felipe commits to US Orleans for another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Casa Pia tell US Orleans: Ivan Mandić is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Paul Thomas joins the US Orleans first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paul Thomas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jean-Baptiste Barré joins the US Orleans first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean-Baptiste Barré is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thomas Nicolas steps up from the US Orleans academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Nicolas 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at US Orleans
Steven Luyambula 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets US Orleans ask about Ilhan Fakili
- Squad Abner Felipe still has not settled
- Looking ahead US Orleans host FC Versailles