Marked for Daniel Garnier
From our football correspondent
Crisis
The terraces9 May 2033
The mood at US Creteil has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom9 May 2033
The silence upstairs is getting loud at US Creteil
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market9 May 2033
“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 The request is on a desk at US Creteil, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market9 May 2033
Only the photograph left for Many Le Toux
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Many Le Toux will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around US Creteil the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 May 2033
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Franco Cima and US Creteil agree another 4 years.
Squad9 May 2033
Gaël Nsombi 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 US Creteil this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Uneasy
The terraces11 Apr 2033
The mood at US Creteil has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom11 Apr 2033
The scrutiny sharpens at US Creteil
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at US Creteil is running low.
Market11 Apr 2033
Many Le Toux 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 US Creteil can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Apr 2033
Many Le Toux has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around US Creteil they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad11 Apr 2033
Franco Cima 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 US Creteil this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Apr 2033
Words at US Creteil training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ryan Ferhaoui 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.
Boardroom11 Apr 2033
No signings allowed at US Creteil
The manager may talk to whoever he likes and may pay nobody. A squad survives a window like this by borrowing, by promoting, and by hoping the injuries land somewhere else.
Squad11 Apr 2033
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; US Creteil are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad11 Apr 2033
The medical room confirms 51 days on the sidelines for Daniel Garnier, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.