Daniel Restrepo

Defensive Midfielder - FC Lorient
21 Nov 2027
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60 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom20 Sep 2027

Bruno López is the new FC Lorient manager

“This is a club with real history, and I did not have to think about it for long.” The new manager takes charge with every slate wiped clean.

Squad20 Sep 2027

A one-man rearguard from Yvon Mvogo

There were 9 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.

Match15 Sep 2027

The cup run ends for FC Lorient

0-1 against Paris FC, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Daniel Restrepo says FC Lorient went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Isaak Touré gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match18 Sep 2027

FC Lorient share the spoils with Paris Saint-Germain

A 2-2 draw with Paris Saint-Germain leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

Back issues
57 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad30 Aug 2027

Yvon Mvogo keeps FC Lorient in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Noah Cadiou says FC Lorient went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match28 Aug 2027

6 matches without a win for FC Lorient

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around FC Lorient are no longer polite ones.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Panos Katseris gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match28 Aug 2027

FC Lorient share the spoils with AJ Auxerre

A 2-2 draw with AJ Auxerre leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Mohamed Bamba is off the mark for FC Lorient

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

53 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

FC Lorient part company with Julien Noël

The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Denis Blanc takes charge at FC Lorient

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Mamadou Koné gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market2 Aug 2027

The Yvon Mvogo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. FC Lorient know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

FC Lorient pull $1.5M back off the table

The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Somebody is after Mohamed Bamba’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Mohamed Bamba suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. FC Lorient have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

49 Edition

The FC Lorient Herald

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market5 Jul 2027

Bamba Dieng wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at FC Lorient hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market5 Jul 2027

FC Lorient bring in an old head

Daniel Restrepo is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Squad5 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Mactar Ly

“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.

Market5 Jul 2027

The Yvon Mvogo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. FC Lorient know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Boardroom5 Jul 2027

FC Lorient pull $1.5M back off the table

The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.

Market5 Jul 2027

FC Lorient put Daniel Restrepo up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Daniel Restrepo may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief