The US Orleans Post
Squad23 Aug 2027
Florent Sanchez breaks a bone — 94 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 94 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Aboubakar Diaby: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Orleans have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Celal Bozkurt hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Orleans can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Jamal Gonzaga
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. US Orleans have done the hard part with AJ Auxerre, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Paris Saint-Germain tell US Orleans: Bakoutoubo Dramé 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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Wesley Zahibo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at US Orleans
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match21 Aug 2027
Fahd El Khoumisti’s goal not enough for US Orleans
Fahd El Khoumisti scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to FC Versailles, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market23 Aug 2027
US Orleans promote Frédéric Lemoine from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Frédéric Lemoine 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
- Market Marcel Pons steps up from the US Orleans academy
- Market US Orleans promote Didier Schmitt from within
- Squad Words exchanged at US Orleans