Samir Chergui

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18 Jan 2027
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Process

Marked for Samir Chergui

24 Edition

The Paris FC Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Both of them Pierre Lees-Melou's — 8.47

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.47, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

Paris FC say no — this time

The offer from Toulouse FC for Alimami Gory was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Diego Coppola stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Diego Coppola and Paris FC agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets

Simon Ebonog due for a Paris FC medical

Everything agreed with Le Havre AC, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

Words exchanged at Paris FC

Kevin Trapp 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Cheick Oumar Souaré

Paris FC asked and Viktoria Plzen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The terraces

One of their own: Luca Koleosho

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match

Paris FC see off FC Metz

Three points for Paris FC, 2‑0 the final word against FC Metz in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

No place for Samir Chergui in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Samir Chergui has his answer from Paris FC; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

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The Paris FC Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Kevin Trapp

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

Vintage Pierre Lees-Melou — 8.11

At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.11, and nobody on the pitch better.

Squad

Otávio 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 Paris FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

A bad afternoon for Paris FC against RC Lens

1‑2 to RC Lens, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jonathan Ikoné

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonathan Ikoné, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Denis Leroy faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Denis Leroy after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings

The cruellest goal, and it is Pierre-Yves Hamel's

A touch he did not want, a bounce he could not have read, and his name in the wrong column. There is no consoling a man after one of these, and Paris FC will not try tonight.

Squad

Matías González signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matías González commits to Paris FC for another 3 years.

Squad

4 Paris FC players away with their countries

The training ground goes quiet for a fortnight. 4 men have gone off to be somebody else’s players, and the manager is left with the ones nobody has called.

In brief

1 Edition

The Paris FC Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Paris FC turn down Standard Liege for Maxime Lopez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Pierre Lees-Melou wants more than Paris FC are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Pierre Lees-Melou stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Pierre Lees-Melou and Paris FC agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Paris FC

Pierre Lees-Melou 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.

Transfer targets

Standard Liege tell Paris FC: Bernard Nguene 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.

Market

Charleroi join the queue for Obed Nkambadio

Add another name to the list: Charleroi have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Obed Nkambadio. The answer from Paris FC has not changed — yet.

In brief