Mathieu Lucas

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226 Edition

The FC Nantes Sentinel

25 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Market25 Nov 2030

Mathieu Lucas 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 The request is on a desk at FC Nantes, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad25 Nov 2030

Lucas Hernández 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 FC Nantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad25 Nov 2030

Fodé Doucouré 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.

Match23 Nov 2030

Esteban Lepaul sends FC Nantes past RC Strasbourg

It finished 1‑0, and it was Esteban Lepaul’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to FC Nantes.

Player ratings25 Nov 2030

A masterclass from Esteban Lepaul

Marked 8.14 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad25 Nov 2030

Karim Cissé wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and FC Nantes know it.

The dugout25 Nov 2030

Interim Coach: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

The dugout25 Nov 2030

Fodé Doucouré asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout25 Nov 2030

Pladi Nzinga-Pambani gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
208 Edition

The FC Nantes Sentinel

22 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market22 Jul 2030

Ismaël Boura asks to leave FC Nantes

“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.

Market22 Jul 2030

FC Nantes sign Gianluca Germinario for $3.3M

The paperwork is done: Gianluca Germinario joins from Le Mans FC in a deal worth $3.3M. Now comes the harder part.

Squad22 Jul 2030

A falling-out at FC Nantes

Lucas Hernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad22 Jul 2030

Words at FC Nantes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miloš Luković 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.

Transfer targets22 Jul 2030

FC Nantes rebuffed over Tyrese Noubissie

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. RC Strasbourg have kept their man, and FC Nantes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad22 Jul 2030

FC Nantes are still strangers to each other

11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Squad22 Jul 2030

Mathieu Lucas signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mathieu Lucas and FC Nantes agree another 3 years.

The dugout22 Jul 2030

Ali Youssef asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market22 Jul 2030

Sofian Bahloul is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at FC Nantes has been clear about where Sofian Bahloul stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief