The Clermont Foot Courier
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $1.5M sale of Allan Ackra
He is going to FC Lorient, the club has $1.5M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market17 Aug 2026
Allan Ackra moves on
FC Lorient pay $1.5M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Yoann Salmier 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Clermont Foot
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Clermont Foot promote Paul Clément from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paul Clément 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Thomas Bertrand joins the Clermont Foot first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Bertrand is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Tiago Real brings the grey hairs Clermont Foot lacked
At 37, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Felix Platte
- Squad Ousmane Diop has company in his position