Mathieu Simon

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476 Edition

The RC Lens Herald

10 Sep 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 Sep 2035

Mattia Fortin damages knee ligaments — 83 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 83 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.

Squad10 Sep 2035

A fracture rules Giannis Kalanidis out for 101 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason RC Lens will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market10 Sep 2035

Gabriel Larnou 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 The request is on a desk at RC Lens, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market10 Sep 2035

Chamois Niortais come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and RC Lens did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match8 Sep 2035

No end in sight to RC Lens's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at RC Lens has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad10 Sep 2035

Odsonne Édouard 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 RC Lens this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings10 Sep 2035

Abdallah Sima runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad10 Sep 2035

Mathieu Simon signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mathieu Simon and RC Lens agree another 4 years.

Market10 Sep 2035

Nimes are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. RC Lens will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

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465 Edition

The RC Lens Herald

25 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market25 Jun 2035

Henri Bertrand 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 RC Lens, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market25 Jun 2035

RC Lens say no — this time

The offer from Chamois Niortais for Joseph François 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.

Market25 Jun 2035

Marco Andrea Tremolada has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around RC Lens they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad25 Jun 2035

Tempers go at RC Lens

Odsonne Édouard 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.

Market25 Jun 2035

Eyes on Yojan Garcés again

The phone has started ringing about Yojan Garcés again, and this time the name on the line is Olympique de Marseille. RC Lens are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad25 Jun 2035

Words at RC Lens training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kyllian Antonio 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.

In brief

464 Edition

The RC Lens Herald

18 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market18 Jun 2035

Gabriel Larnou asks to leave RC Lens

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market18 Jun 2035

Dylan Thompson has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around RC Lens they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad18 Jun 2035

Odsonne Édouard 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 RC Lens this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market18 Jun 2035

Eyes on Mathieu Simon again

The phone has started ringing about Mathieu Simon again, and this time the name on the line is Bourg-Peronnas. RC Lens are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad18 Jun 2035

Gabriel Larnou 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.

Market18 Jun 2035

Angers SCO expected to open talks for Yojan Garcés

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. RC Lens will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief