The Montpellier HSC Gazette
Market23 Aug 2027
Mathieu Michel puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Montpellier HSC, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Théo Sainte-Luce says Montpellier HSC went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Montpellier HSC
Modibo Sagnan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Montpellier HSC
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
3 matches without a goal for Montpellier HSC
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Jean Barbier joins the Montpellier HSC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean Barbier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mathieu François steps up from the Montpellier HSC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathieu François 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Benoît Gonzalez steps up from the Montpellier HSC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benoît Gonzalez 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Appearance number 100 for Simon Ngapandouetnbu
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
In brief
- Squad Giani Carbone signs on for more
- Squad Montpellier HSC are still strangers to each other
- Loan watch Yannick Sidibé counts the days