The Le Puy Foot 43 Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Quentin Ndjantou
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Le Puy Foot 43 have done the hard part with Paris Saint-Germain, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Hermann Tebily rejects the move
Le Puy Foot 43 had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Rodez AF, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Le Puy Foot 43
Moussa Faty was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alexandre Berger steps up from the Le Puy Foot 43 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexandre Berger 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
Joseph Duval steps up from the Le Puy Foot 43 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Duval 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
Le Puy Foot 43 promote Arnaud Roger from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arnaud Roger 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
Dominique Vidal steps up from the Le Puy Foot 43 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dominique Vidal 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Patrick Zabi is in the works
Le Puy Foot 43 have made the call to Stade de Reims. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Maxima Goffi behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Le Puy Foot 43 will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Squad Somebody is after Salim Akkal’s shirt
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to SM Caen
- Squad Questions about Julien Jacquat on the training pitch