The Stade Lavallois Courier
Market10 Sep 2029
Evan Bouttier asks to leave Stade Lavallois
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market10 Sep 2029
Stade Lavallois turn down Quevilly-Rouen for Mouez Hassen
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Sep 2029
A move Mahdi Maghlout would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Mahdi Maghlout is living that version at Stade Lavallois, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Words exchanged at Stade Lavallois
Julien Maggiotti 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.
Transfer targets10 Sep 2029
Deadline beats Stade Lavallois to Lanroy Machine
The clock did what Angers SCO would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Market10 Sep 2029
Arnaud Perrot steps up from the Stade Lavallois academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arnaud Perrot 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 Sep 2029
Stade Lavallois promote Dominique Hubert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dominique Hubert 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.
Squad10 Sep 2029
No place for Mamadou Diallo in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Stade Lavallois are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout10 Sep 2029
Evan Bouttier 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Ange Pognon
- Looking ahead Valentin Lavigne faces his old club
- Squad Mamadou Diallo still has not settled