The Clermont Foot Courier
Match27 May 2030
Clermont Foot sink to position 12
13 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market27 May 2030
Tamkin Nadirov asks to leave Clermont Foot
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout27 May 2030
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Squad27 May 2030
Valentin Atangana 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 Clermont Foot this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 May 2030
Words at Clermont Foot training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan M'Bahia 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.
The dugout27 May 2030
Albi Tahiraj 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 dugout27 May 2030
Florian Tshiananga 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 Florian Tshiananga trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad27 May 2030
“I want to play”: Zack Henry speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
The terraces27 May 2030
The Florian Tshiananga rumours reach the terraces
What was a back-page link has become a chant, and the chant is not friendly. Clermont Foot would rather it were settled quietly, and it has stopped being quiet.
In brief
- The dugout Valentin Atangana keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, David Lopez