The FC Villefranche Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Enzo Mongo
FC Villefranche and FC Nantes have settled on $290.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kyllian Antonio is a medical away from FC Villefranche
The deal with RC Lens is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at FC Villefranche
Loïc Etoga 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tiago Machado signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tiago Machado and FC Villefranche agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rémy Fleury steps up from the FC Villefranche academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rémy Fleury 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Villefranche promote Benoît Lefebvre from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benoît Lefebvre 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Villefranche promote Raymond Lefebvre from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raymond Lefebvre 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jean-Luc Rodriguez steps up from the FC Villefranche academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jean-Luc Rodriguez 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 at FC Villefranche training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Francisco Sagardia 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.
In brief
- Squad Francisco Sagardia is a square peg at FC Villefranche
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Sochaux