The Toulouse FC Courier
Market14 May 2035
Yanel Zeze is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Toulouse FC is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout14 May 2035
Andreas Georgiou keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Toulouse FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad14 May 2035
Pah Gouhon 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 Toulouse FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 May 2035
Words at Toulouse FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rene Škerget 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.
The dugout14 May 2035
The manager makes an example of Seyni N'Diaye
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 May 2035
Still no ink between Toulouse FC and Noah Duclieu
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Toulouse FC, another week without a signature from Noah Duclieu.
Market14 May 2035
Djylian N'Guessan linked with a move away
The name of Djylian N'Guessan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Toulouse FC say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout14 May 2035
Mohamed Amine Gherbi 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 dugout14 May 2035
Patrick Schmitt has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Patrick Schmitt has written the date down.
In brief
- Market Still no signature from Rasmus Nicolaisen
- Squad Mathieu Martin is fit again