The Valenciennes Post
Market21 Aug 2034
Francy Luakianzulu 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 The request is on a desk at Valenciennes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2034
Valenciennes bid $1.1M for Vanderson
The offer went to LOSC Lille this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market21 Aug 2034
Louis Pierre’s move to FC Versailles falls through
The deal that would have taken Louis Pierre to FC Versailles has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Valenciennes with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2034
Le Havre AC tell Valenciennes: Daniel Berger is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2034
Too dear: Valenciennes walk away from Thomas François
$390.0K was the most the club would pay and Paris Saint-Germain were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad21 Aug 2034
Tempers go at Valenciennes
Malone Grailard was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom21 Aug 2034
8 academy graduates step up at Valenciennes
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market21 Aug 2034
Valenciennes promote Frédéric Vidal from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Frédéric Vidal 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 2034
One of our own: Michel Dupont joins the Valenciennes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michel Dupont is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Valenciennes board did not keep
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Steve Nguimbous
- Transfer targets Valenciennes try to borrow Bahmed Deuff