The US Concarneau Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Alaa Bakir would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Alaa Bakir is living that version at US Concarneau, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
US Concarneau go back to the board over Alexandre Zaouai
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $111.2K — a club that wants Alexandre Zaouai enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $100.0K for Alexandre Zaouai
US Concarneau have gone to SC Bastia with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alaa Bakir 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 US Concarneau this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jules Varvat stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jules Varvat and US Concarneau agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Benfica tell US Concarneau: Gonçalo Moreira 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: Jean Bonnet joins the US Concarneau first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean Bonnet 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
US Concarneau promote Mathieu Guyot from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mathieu Guyot 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
US Concarneau promote Louis Philippe from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Louis Philippe 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: Roger Legrand joins the US Concarneau first team
- Squad No place for Braian Vargas in the new shape
- Transfer targets US Concarneau try to borrow Yadali Bayo