The US Orleans Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ouparine Djoco arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ouparine Djoco has, at US Orleans, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
US Orleans bid $5.4M for Andrija Bulatović
The offer went to RC Lens this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at US Orleans
Sofian Bahloul and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Angers SCO tell US Orleans: Oumar Pona 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
US Orleans promote Sébastien Robin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sébastien Robin 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
One of our own: Arnaud Brunet joins the US Orleans first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arnaud Brunet 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
Jérôme Lefèvre steps up from the US Orleans academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jérôme Lefèvre 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
One of our own: Nicolas Mathieu joins the US Orleans first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Mathieu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and US Orleans are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Transfer targets US Orleans ask about Ousmane Ba
- Squad Quentin Ndjantou needs a bigger stage
- Looking ahead US Orleans host FC Versailles