The AS Nancy Herald
Squad3 Dec 2035
Gaëtan Poussin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gaëtan Poussin and AS Nancy agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Dec 2035
Words exchanged at AS Nancy
Gaëtan Poussin 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.
Squad3 Dec 2035
Leyti Tessier Pongui 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.
Match1 Dec 2035
No time for Dijon to settle
The goal that put Dijon ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when AS Nancy equalised, 2 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
Boardroom3 Dec 2035
90% of the income goes out in wages at AS Nancy
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market3 Dec 2035
AS Nancy sign Robert Morris, one for the future
Robert Morris is 18, and AS Nancy have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad3 Dec 2035
Joseph Lemaire makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout3 Dec 2035
Gaëtan Poussin gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Gaëtan Poussin is on it.
Match1 Dec 2035
AS Nancy share the spoils with Dijon
A 1‑1 draw with Dijon leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- The dugout Léo Schilliger gets it from the manager
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Market Talks stall between AS Nancy and Jalen Blesa