The OGC Nice Post
Market29 Dec 2031
Kevin Carlos agrees terms with Huachipato
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around OGC Nice people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Match27 Dec 2031
After 14 games, OGC Nice finally taste it again
The first defeat in 14 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Paris Saint-Germain; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
The dugout29 Dec 2031
Victor Orakpo: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” OGC Nice have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market29 Dec 2031
Finley Barbrook 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 OGC Nice can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Dec 2031
A falling-out at OGC Nice
Sofiane Diop and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market29 Dec 2031
Elydjah Mendy is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at OGC Nice is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad29 Dec 2031
A row about effort at OGC Nice
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Antoine Mendy was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings29 Dec 2031
The game went through George Hirst — 6.74
Marked 6.74 on 13 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
Match27 Dec 2031
OGC Nice come up short against Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nicolò Tresoldi
- Squad OGC Nice count the cost of losing Patrick Joly
- Squad Maghnes Akliouche is carrying OGC Nice