The Toulouse FC Courier
Squad18 Aug 2031
Antoine Valero breaks a bone — 63 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 63 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The terraces18 Aug 2031
Anger at Toulouse FC spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
The dugout18 Aug 2031
Salim Ben Seghir keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Toulouse FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
An offer of $350.0K for Noa Kotto Kotto Mouyema
Toulouse FC have gone to EA Guingamp 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.
Squad18 Aug 2031
A falling-out at Toulouse FC
Alexis Vossah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom18 Aug 2031
11 academy graduates step up at Toulouse FC
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
Door shut on Pape Demba Diop
Toulouse FC asked and Monaco said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market18 Aug 2031
Didier Benoit steps up from the Toulouse FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Didier Benoit 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.
Market18 Aug 2031
One of our own: Thomas Renaud joins the Toulouse FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Renaud is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Toulouse FC promote Émile Dufour from within
- Market Toulouse FC promote Jean Roux from within
- The dugout No hiding place for Djylian N'Guessan