The FC Metz Sentinel
Match27 Jul 2030
No end in sight to FC Metz's wait for a win
19 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at FC Metz has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad29 Jul 2030
A fracture rules Giorgi Kvilitaia out for 118 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason FC Metz will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market29 Jul 2030
Ilies Belmokhtar 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 FC Metz can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets29 Jul 2030
Stade Rennais tell FC Metz: Ludovic Blas 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.
Market29 Jul 2030
FC Metz turn down Zob Ahan for Jerry Afriyie
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market29 Jul 2030
Mathis Holo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at FC Metz is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Giorgi Kvilitaia in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FC Metz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Mauro Arambarri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad29 Jul 2030
Frédéric Brunet is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Yvann Konan
- Market Bradley Madjo attracts admirers
- Match FC Metz come up short against Stade Lavallois