The Red Star Courier
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Red Star agree $1.7M for Mohamed Ben Fredj
The clubs have shaken hands with Stade Lavallois; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Mouhamed Coulibaly keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Red Star may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market15 Jan 2029
Red Star say no — this time
The offer from Lokeren for Quentin Beunardeau was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Red Star
Gaëtan Poussin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Words at Red Star training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kévin Cabral is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Door shut on Saliou Diop
Red Star asked and Stade Brestois said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market15 Jan 2029
Hervé Fabre steps up from the Red Star academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hervé Fabre 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
One of our own: Nicolas Duval joins the Red Star first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Duval is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Jan 2029
Red Star promote Frédéric Rolland from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Frédéric Rolland 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Bartosz Żelazowski
- The dugout When it matters, Quentin Beunardeau plays
- Match Continental football is in reach for Red Star