The Dijon Gazette
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Goduine Koyalipou
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A fracture rules Enzo Ketterle out for 63 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dijon will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Tyris Dong at Dijon
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Tyris Dong is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Antoine Mendy 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 Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Hans Hateboer
At 34 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Dijon
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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Joseph Charles joins the Dijon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Charles is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
Dijon promote François Dumont from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. François Dumont 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Louis Fleury steps up from the Dijon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Louis Fleury 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.
In brief
- Market Dijon promote Roger Ménard from within
- Match Dijon find a way past Valenciennes
- Player ratings A masterclass from Jovany Ikanga