The Valenciennes Post
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Mabrouk Rouaï scores twice — 8.19
Two goals and a mark of 8.19 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market17 Aug 2026
Valenciennes sign Julien Astic for $1.2M
The paperwork is done: Julien Astic joins from Clermont Foot in a deal worth $1.2M. Now comes the harder part.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Valenciennes
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 targets17 Aug 2026
Stade Brestois tell Valenciennes: Mamady Diambou 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Valenciennes
Samir Belloumou 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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jean Louchet
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jean Louchet, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nicolas Meyer joins the Valenciennes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Meyer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match15 Aug 2026
Valenciennes rescue it on 92 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 92. Quevilly-Rouen had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Stredair Appuah Owusu was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Match Valenciennes and Quevilly-Rouen take a point apiece
- Transfer targets A loan move for Álex Domínguez is in the works
- Squad A row about effort at Valenciennes