The Dijon Gazette
Squad14 Aug 2028
Michaël Barreto damages knee ligaments — 35 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 35 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Dijon bid $4.7M for Bamo Meïté
The offer went to Olympique de Marseille this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Dijon
Vinni Triboulet 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.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Dijon rebuffed over Kyliane Lentin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. SM Caen have kept their man, and Dijon go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market14 Aug 2028
Samy Chouchane attracts admirers
The name of Samy Chouchane has come up in conversations Dijon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market14 Aug 2028
Dijon promote Roger Marie from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roger Marie 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Dijon promote Roger Guyot from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roger Guyot 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Mathieu Charpentier steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathieu Charpentier 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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Dijon
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Douglas Borel was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Dijon are still learning each other
- Transfer targets Dijon ask about Andrej Vasović
- The dugout Miguel Teixeira asks for a word with the manager