The Valenciennes Post
The dugout28 May 2035
Benoît Robin: 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.” Valenciennes have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad28 May 2035
Words exchanged at Valenciennes
Amed Aiki and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 May 2035
A row about effort at Valenciennes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Édouard Renault was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 May 2035
The manager makes an example of Romain Muro
“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.
The dugout28 May 2035
When it matters, Raymond Louis plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market28 May 2035
Édouard Renault linked with a move away
The name of Édouard Renault keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Valenciennes say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Stéphane David a promise
- Squad Romain Muro is out on the grass again