The FC Villefranche Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Lamine Guèye at that price
FC Villefranche offered $2.9M; Paris FC said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Aliou Thiaré due for a FC Villefranche medical
Everything agreed with Dynamo Kyiv, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at FC Villefranche
Loïc Etoga and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at FC Villefranche
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hakim Guenouche was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
FC Villefranche rebuffed over Ndoh Wamfor
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Westerlo have kept their man, and FC Villefranche go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rémi Aubry steps up from the FC Villefranche academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rémi Aubry 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
FC Villefranche promote Jérôme Olivier from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jérôme Olivier 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
Luc Legrand steps up from the FC Villefranche academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luc Legrand 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
FC Villefranche promote Philippe Brunet from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Philippe Brunet 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
- Squad This league is too small for Hakim Guenouche
- Squad No place for Felipe Micael in the new shape
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Sochaux