The FC Annecy Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Monaco tell FC Annecy: Jordan Teze 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
FC Annecy bid $8.8M for Ilan Kebbal
The offer went to Paris FC 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Quentin Paris turns MB Rouissat down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Ranjan Neelakandan at 21 — 7.71
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ranjan Neelakandan did not need any: 7.71, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Kashi, 37, rolls back the years — 8.19
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.19 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
FC Annecy go back to the board over Ilan Kebbal
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $9.5M — a club that wants Ilan Kebbal enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Rafael Nel rejects the move
FC Annecy had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sporting CP, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
FC Annecy make their move for Bissenty Gomis
$490.0K on the table at Le Havre AC. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Annecy promote Vincent Picard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vincent Picard 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 FC Annecy promote Arnaud Benoit from within
- Market Michel Robert steps up from the FC Annecy academy
- Squad A falling-out at FC Annecy